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It was 100/1 at the time. The horse in question was Corbiere. I backed Jenny Pitman to become the first-ever female trainer of the National winner from odds of 100/1 down to 13/1; unlucky 13 for some, but not for me. My collection of 50p each-way bets culminated in a fortune for a student, and I was hooked for life on the racing game.

Whether you are buying red diamonds, a Bahamas holiday or half a dozen bananas, someone, somewhere has chosen and assigned a price at which you may buy.  You may consider their evaluation a bargain and good value, or extortionate and overpriced. I have sat on this side of the gambling industry fence for many years...

A casual start in bookmaking at Sunderlands became a 40-year passion and career.

Three years after I had gone to Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory to run the high-stakes Aspinall Room in the Diamond Beach Hotel Casino, I met ‘The Whale’, Akio Kashiwagi. In 1984, Aspinalls was invited by the NT government to come and operate its two casinos – Darwin and Alice Springs – which it had compulsorily...

Gangsters will slay the opposition at February's Academy Awards, predicts our movie mobster.

A gift from a dearly departed pal brought a slice of fortune in the 2016 Olympics.