Back when ‘I were but lad’, I stumbled into the world of bookmakers.
I arrived there via the football pools and thought I’d apply similar techniques at the bookmakers. But I soon realised there were a few problems doing this.
First was getting the bet on, I couldn’t really bet in the size I wanted without being limited. Second, I could only do plain old vanilla betting. If I tried something more complex I’d often get my bets rejected and …