For nearly all of my life I have never gambled. I remember being in a car with my father and uncle as a child and they were talking about money and the subject turned to accountants.
I, a 6 or 7 year old, said from the back seat of the car - "look there's one!"
My uncle said "That's a Turf Accountant - you only see one of them if you want to lose your shirt!"
I didn't understand....
Fast fwd to 2002 and I was invited by UBS to their box at Goodwood for a business treat. I went down to the bookies and was fascinated. I budgeted £20 (hey big spender!) and was ahead until the last race when I decided to go for broke and put everything on it.
Loser!
Next I visited the Point to Point at Chaddesley Corbett on Jan 3rd 2011. I won one race of four and my wife won all four!
Now, this week I visited the club for a a Cheltenham Gold Cup day - Bathams bitter and a seafood buffet - yum!
After taking an age to set up a Ladbrokes account - the site was under sever strain on Friday - I placed 4 bets and also doubles and trebles from them - £30 in all.
Well, what a day. The seafood was fresh that morning from Birmingham fish market - an enormous dressed crab, butterfly prawns, french bread and salads.
Result! Two wins and one double - £140.
Next day - Six Nations.
Two bets - contrarian - I bet AGAINST England and FOR Wales plus the double.
Didn't quite get there - Ireland won which gave me back my stake whilst Wales lost and I didn't get the win or double. Never mind - because England won the championship.
That's what I call a win-win situation. I can learn from that.
We all can.
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