[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Nah, horses and dogs are down industry wide across all platforms; even more so in England than Scotland. Punters putting more money into football, general sports and of course the "crack cocaine of the high street" - slots and roulette. More money going on other products means less money on racing, basically. Online actually takes an even smaller proportion on horses compared to football etc. than in shop. This is because younger people are less interested in racing , and more likely to use online. For example, in shop you'll see a lot of racing promotions and price boosts etc. Aimed at the old codgers who have plenty of pension to burn but no idea how to work a smartphone, whereas online you'll see a lot more sports promotion like massive price boosts for new customers.

There's far less focus on racing for attracting new customers also, because they prefer to gain brand loyalty from younger people. Because old people will be dead soon innit, not a good long term investment...

That's right guys! Betting on the horses means you're past it . Seriously the split is quite visible. The young guys will place a horse bet here and there while they're in, but they are THERE for football and roulette. On the flip side, the old guys will fill out a football coupon or two and some maybe stick their change in a machine, but they're there to crawl the walls and pour over the racing post. And eat their stinky lunch. And "run" with their dodgy hips to the counter as soon as the race goes off. And get pissy when they're told they're too late. Or if they lose, insist that it must have been late so they should get their money back.......

I love my job so much.

The sad thing is - I fecking RECOGNISE everything you're saying.

I'm NOT the old guy who gets pissy.