EE Scriptwiters On Another Planet (again)
So, tonight's episode, someone who's never been seen in a bookmakers before, goes in and wants to put a £10,000 bet on some outsider in the next race.
The chances of that sort of bet being accepted by a small independent bookie who's not part of Ladbrokes, Coral etc? Practically zero - they'd take a grand at most.
We can assume from the cash on Bradley's table that the odds were at least 10/1 - so what are the chances of this small bookie having £100,000+ in cash on the premises? Absolute zero, they would have £5k tops, and if they'd accepted the bet (which they wouldn't) they would have to pay out the winnings by cheque.
Even stranger, in this high tech age, is the fact that a young high-flyer would draw cash out of the bank and slap it on the counter at a bookmakers - this sort of betting is far easier and safer to do online, where the major players all have websites on which large bets can be accommodated.
It's quite obvious that the scriptwriters, who must spend all day sipping skinny lattes in trendy Islington coffee bars while reading the media section of the Guardian, have never been near a betting shop in their lives.
The chances of that sort of bet being accepted by a small independent bookie who's not part of Ladbrokes, Coral etc? Practically zero - they'd take a grand at most.
We can assume from the cash on Bradley's table that the odds were at least 10/1 - so what are the chances of this small bookie having £100,000+ in cash on the premises? Absolute zero, they would have £5k tops, and if they'd accepted the bet (which they wouldn't) they would have to pay out the winnings by cheque.
Even stranger, in this high tech age, is the fact that a young high-flyer would draw cash out of the bank and slap it on the counter at a bookmakers - this sort of betting is far easier and safer to do online, where the major players all have websites on which large bets can be accommodated.
It's quite obvious that the scriptwriters, who must spend all day sipping skinny lattes in trendy Islington coffee bars while reading the media section of the Guardian, have never been near a betting shop in their lives.
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That sounds like me!
All true but it's only what I've come to expect from EE:rolleyes:
It's a soap! Does it really matter? there are more imoporant storylines going on.
Good for Bradley, I bet he wasn't excepting that
Lmao
I do agree with you, it is so unreal.
I'll give your dad my details............
any tips?:)
It is, when it comes to imoporant storylines, e.g abuse ones, rape, the Tony/Whit one ect. The stroylines that matter are realstic.
From who? a couple of young fans on here.
Find me one article from anyone from EE within the last 18 months where they have said this.........
The reasons why Bradley did it have already been covered off.
As for why he used cash at the local bookies rather than gamble online - I'm assuming he already has the cash drawn from a bank for some reason.
There was no way he would have popped into the local Abbey National and withdrawn all that money in one day - there's a limit. You have to notify the bank if you want to withdraw a large amount as that. He must have already had it.
And unless I'm very much mistaken, you can't use cash online.
There are places you can get cheques cashed immediately (like cash converters, I think), for a fee.
Sorry for being pedantic
And the bookie seemed to know Ricky, and Bradley was with him... so maybe they took the bet based on that?
They're not allowed to show brand names, so it could have been a branch of one of the well-known bookie chains.
The cheque he had in his hand was the one Max wrote to Callum.
The money he gambled was part of the 40k Max gave him a month or so ago.
I read iot all the time on DS
The Bookie would have covered the bet but they would not have paid him in cash
Some would say that it's more important than Shakespeare
Poor old Pat must be fuming :cool: