Despite the intermittent downpours, the punters stumped up in healthy numbers. |
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The Financial Services Authority has a statutory remit to coax punters into greater awareness about husbanding their dosh. |
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Ireland has produced more than its share of quality horses, breeders, trainers, grooms, farriers, jockeys, head lads and punters. |
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The younger punters want to check out whether these old codgers deserve legendary status. |
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It may be perfectly secure, but I'm not sure it will feel secure to internet punters. |
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The company carefully monitors the effectiveness of its advertising spend, and monitors the sites from which punters travel to place bets. |
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Weekly racegoers are replaced by their once-a-year counterparts, hardened punters by revellers. |
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Telewest broadband punters are spitting feathers after discovering that the cableco is to start charging for customer support. |
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It is a quaint and relaxing venue, a home to connoisseurs of blend, bean and cream, and a portal for percolator punters like me. |
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The last million was notched up in just six months as 6,000 punters a day sign up to broadband. |
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They've shown initiative, intelligence and an acute awareness of what punters need as they traipse round the stands. |
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The singing, too, while it could hardly be described as Broadway standard, is of a high enough calibre to keep the punters happy. |
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As the number of entertainment joints in the resort has skyrocketed in the last three years, punters are increasingly choosy. |
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In the case of Britain, while the gains are less spectacular, punters going there will also have extra pep in their step. |
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Still, Scotland kept the faith, to the severe detriment of the mug punters consuming water here. |
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The punters understand that when all is said and done, it doesn't really matter who wins or loses. |
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The victims appear to be punters upgrading their phones or switching between contract and pay as you go services. |
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Performers have a maximum of eight minutes to perform as many pieces as they wish, plus there'll be open mike sessions and music for the punters. |
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Wily, wiry and strong, Duffield's strength in a finish has been a welcome sight for punters over four decades. |
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Still going strong in their 53rd year, the Uffa Fox designed Flying Fifteens can really pull in the punters. |
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Detractors complain about the outrageous prices of tickets, yet punters have not stopped paying through the nose. |
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Staff at the pub will be dressing for the occasion at the event to help encourage punters to join in. |
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Sometimes punters who have lost their phone falsely report it as stolen in order to claim on insurance. |
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There is much to be said for waiters who know their job and don't want to pal up with the punters. |
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The decision means that punters who maintain they've been treated horrendously could take their cases to court. |
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He was a hot favourite for that race and punters will be seeking to recover losses tomorrow. |
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Others claimed that punters were just hard up, cleaned-out after the festive period. |
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Telewest is flogging its cable broadband service for less than the price of unmetered dial-up access in a bid to attract new punters. |
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I am mystified as to how even the gentlest punters can be considered prostitutes' allies. |
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So were the punters in the audience when the Dubliner's name appeared on the scoreboard during O'Sullivan's match with Dott. |
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Mind you chips, not the edible kind, were the order of the night as the punters gambled like crazy to make their fortune. |
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It would take prostitution off the streets and into a safer environment for both the prostitutes and the punters. |
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A trickle of punters browsed the market in Parliament Street and department stores were eerily quiet. |
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But the thing is that, as long as punters are paying good money to watch you play Celtic and Rangers, it's important to give your all. |
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Nor will they necessarily be told that they will be discussed with a crowd of punters the following evening. |
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The lifts had closed, the punters had gone, the domain was ours and a lambent, purplish light settled on the silent mountain. |
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But such cowboys are not the worst problem for internet punters and exchange users at the moment. |
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Tickets cost 30 Euro and to avoid disappointment, punters are asked to purchase in advance. |
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He harvested the punters at book-signing time, with a look of airy repletion. |
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A lot of venues have predominantly straight customers on some nights, with gay punters showing up on others. |
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Around 160,000 of those new high speed Internet customers were existing dial-up punters who upgraded to faster services. |
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The paying punters on the tour all seem motivated more by curiosity than ideology. |
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Once upon a year not that long ago, a young man sat in a pub telling a wide-eyed audience of punters all about his skiing holiday. |
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Many prostitutes say they have been raped many times by their punters, sometimes by many men at the same time. |
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Sadly, apart from punters there is a dearth of Scottish presence at Cheltenham this week. |
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That is what happened to the customers who followed a group of wealthy punters into the night club on Bridge Street the other night. |
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Clive Owen plays Jack, an aspiring writer who supports himself by parting punters from their money in a London casino. |
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On Tuesday, police with loudhailers went in front of the Stand to alert punters that professional teams of pickpockets were working in the area. |
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Easily outraged punters with nothing better to do have waffled on about him on talk-back programmes and blogs and message boards. |
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Tracker funds are also seen as one of the best first steps into investments for novice punters. |
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He also wants punters entering casinos to have to show some form of identity. |
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The Isle of Man now allows US punters to gamble in online casinos based on the island, the NY Times reports. |
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The trainer must have destroyed the dreams of quadrella punters when his gelding arrived late on the scene. |
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The tail-off was expected since punters get a bit edgy as to whether their gifts will be delivered in time for the big day. |
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It was a fantastic night, the staff were so nice and the other punters were the salt of the earth. |
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There has been resistance from some quarters but I hope it everyone can see that it is a benefit to both punters and television viewers. |
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Until now, punters returning goods have not been able to claim back the original charges made for postage and packing. |
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The tourist season generally gathers pace for the four day meeting with visitors and local punters joining in the annual battle with bookies. |
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This philosophy has not only made Dunstone popular with punters, it has made his early backers very rich. |
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Our English punters couldn't bet on England because of this, but emotionally couldn't bet against them either. |
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Betfair, the internet betting exchange, has revolutionised the world of gambling by allowing punters to wager on horses not winning. |
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While there will be even more chances to bet, the odds are against even more punters winning. |
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With an online betting account, punters may call to place bets or bet through the Internet after the betting centres close. |
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It just goes to show that for all the Falstaffian wassail, there's nothing quite like a gory shank from nave to chaps to get the punters in. |
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But by remounting and finishing third, McCoy saved punters who had included Pilca as a banker bet in their Placepots. |
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If they did, shrewd, at perhaps not so shrewd, punters would immediately name Newry Town's match as one of their bankers for a score draw. |
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All that will be very welcome, and if they sort out the Tote betting shop pronto, punters will be glad. |
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Racing should welcome the white paper because at long last the government are tackling issues which matter to punters. |
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Maria Luisa has been a frustrating filly for punters to follow even though she has paid her way for her connections throughout the season. |
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A leading bookmaker has also warned punters to be careful and make sure their bookies are licensed before they place a bet. |
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The shows have been packed to the proverbials, with punters lining up to get some one-to-one time with their gag gurus. |
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One of the worlds growing technological innovation is telecommunications, with its number of punters growing at a geometric progression. |
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In the London store last week, punters were lolling on comfy chairs and eating Danish pastries. |
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In spite of a storm to beat all storms, there was a record turn out of punters to the Table Quiz. |
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But given the pernicious infighting in the sport, it may be some time before punters can fully benefit from a sensible review of outdated laws. |
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A recent stroke has meant he can no longer spend time tippling away with cronies and regular punters. |
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Those tipsters may have the winners so a visit to UCG on Monday night next might be worthwhile for all you punters. |
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Down below, the regular punters swarm around hundreds of baize gaming tables. |
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The drawbacks of non-runners for punters need little explanation, and each-way backers, in particular, are appalled by the increase. |
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Brakes, overloads, spring catches, monitors and cut-outs that will prevent a lift full of punters from tumbling to a lifty death. |
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I joined other hopeful punters in front of the race screen, bellowing encouragement from the sidelines. |
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Exempt are punters wanting to place a bet online with a bookmaker or a totalisator licensed in South Africa. |
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Traditional bookmakers now pay tax on gross profits rather than punters paying tax on their winnings. |
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She was a clever theatre programmer who would mix crowd-pleasers with less obvious work and still keep the punters coming. |
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Most punters are aware that there are a few bent people in racing but if anything, that gives it a bit of interest, something to gossip about. |
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Under the betting ordinance, Hong Kong punters can bet on overseas races, but they must be part of a local racing programme. |
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Hong Kong punters follow the volume turnover of third-tier companies in the search for the next reverse-takeover target. |
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Then the punters, who have encouraged every vice or flaw, hold up their hands in mock outrage and throw them to the dogs. |
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Tourism is the world's fastest growing industry and the sheer scale of the choices available to punters at the moment is mind-boggling. |
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Prior to the race, punters flocked to the paddock to watch the horses being paraded and cast a critical eye over their fancies. |
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There she worked as a fixer in the red-light district hooking up transvestites with men and pick-pocketing punters. |
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In blazing sunshine, punters packed the Berkshire racecourse sipping champagne and treating themselves to portions of strawberries and cream. |
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I mean, if a favourite gets beat well the punters think there's something wrong and if they win, well the punters think it was the only trier. |
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Adrian Eastwood is a little coy about the idea that bookies know better than polls or punters. |
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There are plenty of Kildare votes on offer for the man who can effectively encourage more punters in to their local turf accountants. |
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Unlike a lot of punters whose follow-through is straight up, Lechler's goes to his left shoulder. |
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But, at each club I have played, there has been a hard-core of gambling aficionados, eager to offer tutelage on all options to aspiring punters. |
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It left the punters with a warm glow to accompany them as they made their way in the evening's bleak weather. |
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For a small fee, punters can seek out my counsel on these matters and I will gladly offer my expertise! |
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During that time it attracted some 16,000 hits as punters paid to watch mucky movies. |
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Many punters in the town had a flutter on Saturday's winner, watched by millions of TV viewers throughout the world. |
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Her questions were quick as a flash, like a salesman's flow chart, until she got the punters vulnerable underbelly. |
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Show-off teenage boys with their own skates sped about the rink, skidding and skiting between more unsteady punters. |
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And the major bookmakers have cut the horse's price after sustained backing from punters in recent days. |
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It turned out, in fact, to be a cracker of a show to cheer up the punters on a showery and cold early-March night. |
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Was his mockery of posters encouraging riding a bike meant to appeal to the narrow-minded prejudices of his more polluting punters? |
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The sole purpose of such restrictive distribution is to charge punters more money than would be otherwise possible in a grey market. |
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The ticket machine had broken and the punters were advised to pay on the train. |
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Imaginative and sophisticated workouts are evolving to engage dwindling attention spans or cash in on punters addicted to the endorphin fix. |
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He talks to the punters on air like he does with his mates down the pub. |
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On a bitterly chill day, plenty of accommodation was available for punters in the state-of-the-art stand, and facilities for hospitality were excellent. |
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She liked to put a few bob on the horses, too, and once astounded veteran punters when she picked seven winners on the one card in an amazing accumulator. |
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I then tried to weasel my way into the audience's affection, assuring punters that if they laughed at all my gags everyone would get their money back on the way out. |
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But, despite entering all the races, he couldn't steer home a winner and it proved a costly day out for those punters that stuck with the local man. |
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Paul Broadbent's men went into the game as many people's favourites for promotion to Division One, while most punters had Thunder down as potential whipping boys. |
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Sunday I plan to wake up basking in a soft glow of satisfaction having convinced enough pop punters from last night to buy a ticket to the second show. |
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You flash past the winning post knowing you have won the biggest race of your life and are smothered in flash-bulbs and the congratulations of owners, trainers and punters. |
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A handful of hapless punters are dragged up and the whole thing descends into a sort of free-form hoedown, complete with catcalls and wolf whistles. |
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So this may indicate that those punters betting on shares prices, indices, commodity prices and the like actually do worse than the more traditional sports betting activities. |
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The following morning, the sort of black cloud that lours over Mordor had swallowed the Cairngorm massif completely and a bitter wind kept the punters away. |
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In the cavernous inside of the old church punters are sacrilegiously swilling breezers and spirits underneath the enormous pulpit from which fire and brimstone used to spit. |
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To the punters he had become the meat in the sandwich, taking the flack with dignity and putting up with all the hurdles that had suddenly confronted him. |
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Inside, dried hops hang from the beams and pump beer signs stuck among tankards on the ceiling let punters know what favourable ales have been drunk by previous patrons. |
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The first big betting race of the year come our way this weekend when the Pierse Hurdle will again draw a big field and have punters scratching their heads to find the winner. |
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Next up was Baracouda, who was the banker of the meeting for many punters. |
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There was a great night's entertainment had by all with several shrewd punters making money on the tote and others leaving the premises with quite a hole in their pockets. |
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For once-a-year punters who do not want to go to a betting shop, placing a bet on the world's most famous steeplechase can be done from the comfort of an armchair these days. |
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The abolition was moved forward to October, and punters striking a wager in one of Britain's 7,000 off-course betting shops will not pay tax on their bets or winnings. |
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While offices and shops are smoke-free already, banning smoking immediately in pubs would serve only to put many landlords out of business and many punters unhappy. |
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However, when the crowds arrived on Saturday morning the USGA looked like incompetent bunglers to the 10,000 or so of paying punters trying to get into the Bridge Gate. |
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Renovated and restyled a few years ago, The Roman Bath was formerly structured to allow punters to look down on to the 2,000 year old caldarium from which it takes its name. |
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Professional caterers will be present providing food, tea, coffee and soft drinks for hungry punters and there will be candyfloss and ice-cream for the children. |
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Nevertheless, the market continues to welcome a steady stream of fresh punters looking to beat a tracker and join me in the quest for stock market riches. |
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Away from the underground happenings of London, away from his friends, performing hitherto unheard songs to unappreciative punters was a daunting prospect. |
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In the bar, punters were downing real ale or orange juice, and staring resentfully at the three people who'd had the cheek to light up a cigarette. |
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A considerable sweetener that may be welcome by those who have pumped money into Rotherham but perhaps not by the paying punters who will feel cheated. |
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Much of the comedy is improvised, giving willing punters a chance to join in the fun, and those less willing a chance to simply sit back and watch. |
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They came to grief after detectives, posing as punters and using hidden cameras to catch the culprits red-handed, set up nine bogus deals with gang members. |
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This will mean punters will be able to consume alcohol only within designated zones and it would be a fineable offence for those who did not comply. |
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For the first time since Party Politics won in 1992, a maximum field of 40 would go to post but punters only wanted to know about one horse, the Ted Walsh-trained Papillon. |
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Mobile phone punters in London have been having the weirdest conversations after the phone company admitted that it has been getting its wires crossed. |
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The UK's telecoms industry needs to weed out the fraudsters and scammers ripping off punters or face the threat of the plug being pulled on the premium rate industry. |
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These are the proxy friends in the bank and life size cut-outs in the banking hall reassure the punters that they may not be there in person, but they are watching over them. |
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It was an historic Easter Monday for punters and unionists alike. |
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Although e-cash offers apparent benefits of freeing punters from fumbling for change the idea hasn't taken off anything like as quickly as early pioneers hoped. |
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As local punters are not beating down dealership doors to buy these gas guzzlers, Porsche is bringing a 3.2 litre V6 engine on stream as quickly as possible. |
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Trouble is, us punters too often invest through the rear-view mirror. |
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It will allow punters who wish to invest in today's volatile equity markets to do so, safe in the knowledge that they will not lose their original investment. |
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Most turn out to be bad investments in which punters lose their shirts. |
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The band had CD pre-sale order forms there for punters to purchase. |
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The broadband Internet Service Provider is under fire for its poor customer service with punters up in arms at being left without phone and broadband. |
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Then we sell it on old Bury market, and the punters just can't get enough. |
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The business end of the rugby league season starts tonight, and, if the market framers and punters are right, then get ready for a couple of lopsided matches. |
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However, DQ operators are still diddling consumers with two in ten punters still not being offered a refund when they complain about being given dud information. |
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Women who currently work the streets are putting themselves in danger not from the punters although some are dodgy but the pimps who extort these women. |
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Clients of prostitutes are sometimes known as johns or tricks in North America and punters in the British Isles. |
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That was just thenal kick in the teeth for the Ibrox punters and maybe even for Walter himself. |
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The ride uses bungee ropes to throw punters skywards at high speed before they bounce up and down. |
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Plus the paper will be out in force at Aintree, and we'll be offering punters the chance to ride a bucking bronco. |
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If there's one thing I've learned in this business, it's that you've got to give the punters what they want. |
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Elsewhere, crowds cheered as punters tried their hand at sheepshearing classes and welly-throwing. |
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Yet the Bairns punters are being subjected to watching football in conditions only paralleled in scumminess by. |
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Washington was among the punters, and twice attended the annual Birthnight Ball held here in his honour. |
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But Norton's Coin had been popular with punters and Mr Lawrence's six Cardiff betting shops lost about PS10,000 that day. |
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A RUN-of-the-mill handicap hurdle at Ludlow had huge consequences for in-running and outright punters thanks to the 100-1 winner Tayarat. |
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In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or necking Asahi beer. |
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I raise the topic because if Town throw away any more big leads then they'll be carting the fans, players, punters off to a funny farm. |
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The critically-acclaimed real ale pub crawl takes punters to Ma Boyle's, Ye Hole In Ye Wall, Thomas Rigbys, The Excelsior and Dr Duncans. |
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She lost track of the fact it was supposed to be a fun show for punters, not the Olympic Games for serious hoofers. |
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Epsom provides punters with good twilight action and their feature race the Viking Direct Conditions Stakes can go to Heliodor. |
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There's a definite lemming effect with some of our horses and when punters see a bit of money they follow it in. |
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In addition to traditional betting with a bookmaker, punters are able to both back and lay money on an online betting exchange. |
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The Almanack will be offering punters a free trial of Cornish Pilsner, the first lager to be brewed by Cornwallbased Sharp's Brewery. |
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This Paddy's Day I'll be having half a Guinness while the punters have Big Buck's to buy the champagne. |
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It would be nice to think there was an organisation for the retraining and rehoming of festival punters, wouldn't it? |
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Unfortunately for those punters, his jockey was outmuscled on the run-in, the race going to All About Alfie. |
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Racing punters are set to spank the bo okies for record first day wins if the Tony McCoy mount can romp home to victory. |
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The arachnid highlighted Betfred's generosity last week allowing punters a crack at PS200,000 pools with a five runner race to start with. |
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Even so Barrie Draper's Codology stands out on form and appears a good thing to get punters off to a flier. |
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Jiver can leave punters dancing for joy at Catterick by claiming the Go Racing At Wetherby Tomorrow Handicap Hurdle. |
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While punters will see lower sticker prices, dealers will see margins cut as Ford reduces the discounts it gives them. |
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Also wowing the punters is Professor Whacko the Trampoline Champion, who will execute a mesmerising feat of aerial leaps and spins. |
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From humble beginnings with just a few punters, it now attracts 10,000 beardy weirdies every summer. |
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Welsh firm Multisports are refunding stakes to punters who backed Zimbabwe on their first-innings handicap market for the second Test. |
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The official top ten chat-up lines were revealed by the town's Regents Park nightspot in a survey of its passionate punters. |
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I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it. |
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Or, in the case of some of my dad's punters, there to deprive the wife and kids of any extra by putting it on an each-way bet on the 3 o'clock at Redcar. |
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That's the general concensus among spread punters as the steady stream of buyers of total tournament yellow cards gathered momentum yesterday, writes Bruce Millington. |
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Second-round threeball punters are advised to keep an eye out for in-form Swede Kristoffer Broberg when prices for his threeball become available this morning. |
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One of the few chances we punters ever get to take some money off the local turf accountant is when we get wind of a weakened team before they do. |
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If the idea is to showcase some inspired nincompoopery and get punters through the door for entertainment value alone, it deserves to succeed admirably. |
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Then again, just to befuddle punters even more, he did land the Players Championship at Sawgrass last year and boasts career wins in Qatar and Dubai. |
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But I guess the punters love naughty Dave's limp-wristed routine. |
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The Colosseum, in Primrose Hill Street, Hillfields, decided to offer the fry-up after it emerged it was just what punters fancied after a night's dancing. |
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The key form line for punters could be last month's Warwick race in which Incentivise got the better of a stirring duel with the still-unexposed Barton Gift by two lengths. |
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Odds-on punters were all set to tear up their betting tickets when outsider Papal Bull scorched past the favourite with just a furlong left to run. |
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He also owns a company called Star Lizard, which advises high-rolling punters how to bet, and allegedly takes 100 of his staff every year on a cruise to reward them. |
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So by the time he strapped on his guitar, punters were a little narked. |
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However, Dorrell said he wouldn't change punters, especially given Kluwe's powerful leg, and his ability to kick directionally well in the first two games. |
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The brainchild of Dangerfields mainstay Andrew Johnston, Mirthathon is a plot to bring together 100 stand-ups from all over Ireland to keep punters laughing for 12 hours. |
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Its viewing figures have surprised everyone, with over four million punters tuning in to watch Simon King, Kate Humble and the chucklingly unpredictable Bill Oddie. |
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And it's regularly packed with punters, laying claim to being the UK's highest seller of London Pride, despite lying 100 miles from Fuller's brewery in Chiswick. |
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Back on home turf, he is hoping for a few more punters as he unleashes his Fast Show characters Dave Angel Ecowarrior, Tommy Cockles and Competitive Dad. |
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It's a tough ask for Dudders against Colin Lloyd and Phil Taylor, though punters might want to concentrate on the other two clashes for some riches. |
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Their defeat to Norwich helped contribute to just four winners last week with Hibs, Man Utd, Bolton and Man City other teams to hit punters in the pocker. |
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Hoch the Choke didn't earn that monicker for nothing, which is why shrewd punters these days back him on markets where his bottle is not the deciding factor. |
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Much to the surprise of in-running punters, who made Jake The Snake the favourite as they passed the post in the 7f claimer, the verdict went to Caprio by a nose. |
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