I started working for a bookmakers a few weeks ago and they have told me about to watch out for guys doing "the slow count" .ie a guy comes up with his bet just at the off and has say trap 6 on it,there might be some other combination type bets for small amountsto slow down the cashier aswell,when she asks for the money he is listening to the race and then pretends not to be able to find his money or drops it or something to waste time, then if he hears that his dog is doing well he wastes a bit more time until he is sure it will win and hands over the money,if it is doing badly he says "o i cant find it i will get it from my car" then he leaves and is never seen again!
There is also the one where he hands over a bet at the off but there is no trap no. written on it.Then if the cashier stamps it he than says @o no i forgot to write my dog on it give me back the white bit,but of course he is listening the the race and writes the dog that is leading!"
There are loads of other scams but i wondered are they all that common? They told me that there are gangs making a living off this kind of stuff!!!
