got a question about betting

[jnunan4759]

I don't know any bookie who will take a horse bet around here. They do all football, basketball and baseball.

However, I read an interesting article from the UK that said 99% of the betting public would rather bet with bookmakers because of locked-in odds. Why can't we do that here ? I could have an account with a legal shop and get 5-1 and stick to it. Wouldn't have to see odds change during race. They could do this and not hurt tracks or horsemen.

Then we could shop for odds. When I lived in UK, I would shop around the bookies on the apron for a good price on the horse I liked. Tic-Tac man used to freak me out. But actually got to learn some of the signal code and it was very informative.