Bookies Never Lose

[@AdamSaint99]

Just come on here to watch this again after hearing of Barry passing away today. RIP Barry a legend in the racing and bookmaking worlds!

[@scottwheeler9786]

What an utter gem to stumble on .. could watch things like this all day ..literally was the good old days

[@ConnorRonnoc-z8e]

You are the same as me, I love watching videos of England back in the 70s and 80s, back when we had a country and a culture. Now look at it, phucking disgusting !

[@andycarapiet8190]

This is just the best. They don't make documentaries like this any more. Wonderful stuff!

[@devout666]

Best ever. Been hunting for years for this!!

[@joemoroney4184]

Thousand pound to get here and only 2 pound each way bets🤣🤣🤣🤣 same everywhere Barry!

[@peterjohnson3760]

Very sad to hear that Barry is no longer with us. He was a real character. Used to see him down at Lingfield and Plumpton all the time and would have my tenner win with him. Glad to know that I helped pay his mortgage..Sleep well Mr Dennis..

[@timbrown166]

Remember watching this when it first came out ( still have it on vhs ) probably the best programme ever made describing the life of an oncourse bookmaker.

[@teamsportsafrica]

Legend. Thanks so much for uploading. Keep well.

[@emmajo8318]

What a lovely man. I came here after i heard of his passing, my condolences with his family

[@wawawutosnftbs8922]

Proper gambler our Barry.. no seat belt.

[@timoverington5177]

Mrs Dennis is a pure gem God bless her ....

[@CARLIN4737]

Yeah she seems like a diamond. they was back then. No ambition other than to hold the fort down and by the way theres nothing wrong with that.

[@johnfishnet]

Mrs Middleton as it 'appens.

[@108.London]

She must be Married to that drack

[@NotInAsia]

a proper wife before 'feminism' took hold.

[@LVDSport]

Watched this a few years ago and thought it was class, though not a follower of the horses at all. This just popped up on my recommendations again, so decided to give it another watch, and after sliding through the comments I'm saddened to hear of Barry's recent passing. RIP.

[@user-plan16]

absolutely brilliant ... a missing gem of a documentary ..

[@alexdg00]

RIP Barry - what a character This is absolutely fantastic. Proper social history of pre Betfair age

[@lesblakeman]

Fascinating to listen the old boys speculating about the future , totally clueless that Betfair would turn them all into dinosaurs

[@Isleofskye]

Came in just 4/5 years later....

[@kopthelotklopp1523]

@@Isleofskye less. June 2000

[@Isleofskye]

20 years !! I used it for years at The Track without anyone really picking up on it though some did suspect :)

[@kopthelotklopp1523]

@@Isleofskye I don't go to races often but when I have I've always seen the bookies playing on the exchanges

[@Isleofskye]

Always now but when I played on them 12 years ago they were not allowed at the track ...:)

[@engineere2865]

That Santrop/skiing70's montage spoke a million words. Must have been amazing.

[@philipbuckley3192]

I'm Irish live in New York the racing is depressing here without on couse bookies hope Ireland Wales Scotland England never stop the on couse action great intertainment

[@Shawk95]

What is 'on cause' betting please? I'm American and can't understand some of the common terms used in the U.K.

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

@@Shawk95 it’s on course. It means betting at the track ( ie the course) with the bookmakers.

[@cityhoss]

I remember this when it was on TV, a fantastic programme

[@billsamuls7620]

BARRY REAL BOOKIE

[@malcolmclements9254]

"Soaked to the skin...done a thousand pound" ...love it!

[@alexbrown6624]

Loved winning but hated being turned over by punters loved to have a bit of banter with Barry over Romford dogs but it’s hard not to like a rogue like this guy !

[@jakubwidlarz]

He was so kind to that American lady by offering Place & Show instead of Each-way.

[@bazggw6878]

Big Barry hates the old dears with there 2pnd ew bets lol 😂😂

[@ChrisLythgoe-mz1of]

Was down in Brighton for a holiday back in August 2014, i decided to have a ride to Lingfield Park i had 3 winners all with Barry Dennis lol! he was'nt a happy chappy i had £20 eway on Ohio at 8/1, £20 eway on Fiducia at 14/1 and £40 win on Secret Succes at 3/1 in the lucky last! what a day that was

[@deletebilderberg]

As long as short priced favourites don’t win bookies don’t give a monkeys. That’s where they earn their dosh.

[@WilliamMitchell-n7i]

Sure Sounds Like Barry Chris GRH Thee King 👑 Of Thee Ring 😢

[@ChrisLythgoe-mz1of]

@@WilliamMitchell-n7i Very sad loss! He was the last of the fearless bookies! All percentage men now! No balls bookies now! At his peak Barry was turning over 15million a year! A legend never to be seen ever again on the racecourse ♥️🙏♥️

[@WilliamMitchell-n7i]

@@ChrisLythgoe-mz1of Thee Bold Bazz 👍Pure Pure Professional 👍Mega Mega 🤣😂🤣🍀

[@WilliamMitchell-n7i]

Freddie Williams 🌱🌿🍀 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿GRH 🙏

[@pbannist]

I’ve even spoken to the horse and it can’t win

[@DoodyT]

RIP Baz , loved you giving it to Johnny Mac

[@johnnyboy6608]

Who was the bookmaker barry was talking to at 29 minutes, would love to know if his stalls sold at auction and for how much.

[@tq6892]

That was Bobby Jinkle and they sold for £100,000

[@jakubwidlarz]

That's Henry VIII level of dinner calories there Barry!

[@2009lmartin]

Christ wouldn’t want to be in that motor on the way home 😅

[@joebaco1112]

Barry Dennis is a legend of the game! Always used to come on the Morning line with his Bismarck! A proper character he was and never shirked a bet! Good old bazza

[@scottyk200]

“Over two pound a pint” 😂😂😂

[@milodanglers1]

The real life terry tibbs

[@malcolmclements9254]

"You show me a broke bookey-maker" I think that perfectly sums up Royal Ascot.

[@CARLIN4737]

yep. absolute cunts with too much money yet argue the price of £2.50 each way wager.

[@kopthelotklopp1523]

To be fair she was talking more sense than the fella she was talking to lol

[@tropicalpalmtree]

Amazing documentary

[@andycarapiet8190]

My dad would have loved this. Bless him.

[@ozejdy]

I’m actually in the documentary, I’m the guy with the blonde hair when he sings who wants to be a millionaire about 41 minutes in. The good old days

[@ozejdy]

@Jack Sheppard The good old days

[@andymatthews7617]

Days sadly gone, great days and characters.

[@downtoearthfellastruggling4229]

Was you off your nut at the time because you look it 😂

[@sbtopjosh4098]

Mr tipsy

[@CARLIN4737]

Was it? Sit at home now in the lap of ones luxury watching it on Sky or on any of the betting platforms having a bet. Im 52 and prefer these days mate.

[@matthewbaileythfc4722]

All that doe and has a cracked window screen 😂 typical tight ass gambler like myself 🤦‍♂️

[@UXB-p5u]

As honest and straight talking as they come not to everyone's taste...but so what Barry didn't have to prove anything to anyone he did thing's his way just as everyone else does it their way. I absolutely loved seeing this again and seeing Barry's wife and home life his good lady also spoke from the heart and it's clear the love and trust they have for each other . I really felt for him when he got hit before the off just as the last race was about to start some charmer just happened to want a 'Monkey' on @ 20's which Barry obliged. ....🫣 I know this is from many year's ago and if my memory is right didn't one of Barry's lifelong mates another rails 'layer' leave him some very lucrative pitches after he died,? I would appreciate if anyone could confirm this as obviously I don't want to get it wrong. 🐎🐎🙏❤️

[@KM-qw2bi]

£500 at 20/1 - Lucky Bastard lol

[@ronsmac]

That guys wife seems like a really good woman.

[@CalvinsWorldNews]

That generation were like that. He paid for everything, left her alone and only expected a hot dinner when he got home. Nowadays life is a lot easier and women want to have the career too I but if you grew up in an era before supermarkets or fridges and mod cons, taking care of a house & several kids was a full time job and not seen as lazy or gold-digging like it is today.

[@honestopinion6711]

pretty sure the terry Tibbs charter is based of this dude lol the 90s was so good

[@johnfishnet]

Barry is doing so well he cant afford a new windscreen in his motor, look 2.35 to 3.00 mins.

[@Lastoftheleaders]

wana be a facking bookmaker now!!'how much did ya win barry how much did ya win !! .....🤣🤣🤣

[@sidneygreen9120]

Barry's Bismarck channel 4 racing 🐎 what a bunch of bent Ball suckers 👍

[@UXB-p5u]

The opening clip is I believe after Barry had just lost "£10k" on the last race of the day.

[@horsecodenumbers]

I'm spreading the word about how u use the date for horse racing and sports fantastic and the scratchings are fantastic 🤫

[@Isleofskye]

Don't forget THe Pork Scratchings....

[@horsecodenumbers]

@@Isleofskye I'm on to the letters and numbers 🤣

[@Isleofskye]

You're going in the right direction :)

[@ninianpark1329]

35.42 Pioneer computer king the great John Lovell watching Barry in action.

[@mcvicarross7]

Just watched this docu now (must've missed it when shown at the time) but really enjoyed it, I agree with most of the comments here regarding the exchanges & now not having to leave the house to get bets on! It's a shame as a day at the races used to be seen as a proper day out & the whole social aspect. Not everything's positive about the computer age!

[@mabbrey]

fantastic

[@TopBoon]

Who is the old bookie at 28:05?

[@adriansherman3290]

Forgotten his name but he traded as Morry Levy. Used to go racing a lot at this time. Things were changing and it was just before the internet took off in a big way - Betfair. Still a few Jewish bookies around in the late 90s (my fave was Jolly Joe) but now there's only one, that I know of. Being an on course bookie is the mug's game. Why bother laying out exes when you can lay horses at home on Betfair and/or arb. If the game was still any good, you'd see lots Jewish layers at the tracks.

[@scottmacd31]

40.45 🤣🤣🤣

[@MARKETMAN6789]

Great documentary ,There used to be lots of interesting characters years ago very rare to see any these days .Feel sorry for his wife ,she will def take second place to racing in his selfish life just like mine did before she got rid of me

[@DdotRay86]

What an honest comment, takes a proper man that

[@MrDanallman]

What is so selfish about working ?

[@MARKETMAN6789]

@@MrDanallmanwhen you get married and have a family I've found out they want quality time with you ,I was like a donkey chasing the carrot it took over my life ,I gave them holidays all over the world ,new cars ,and I gave my wife very good house keeping money.but. they wanted love more than money and quality time with me .I ended up a slave to work and missed lots of time seeing them when they needed me there instead of being at work .I can see in this video alot of the old me,more interested in earning lots of money ,very selfish (I didn't see it for many years I just thought she was can ungrate ful nagging wife my drinking partners not friends all told me I'm was great as I gave them their needs like lending them money etc),the more rope she gave me the more the more I strangled myself.she was a good girl ,and I missed alot of time with my kids because I was chasing the carrot,they needed more love and time from me . Every ones got to work and make money but I can clearly see that this man like myself is chasing money ,and doesn't know when to stop. He's like me ,he thinks his family should be grateful and over the moon because he's bringing lots of money home from work I can see how this man is a workhorse and he's making plenty of money but wants more and more and more ,he's just like myself

[@zakwalker1569]

RIP Barry 😢

[@warriorb6733]

Brilliant , steak 2 eggs 😂

[@ritchiewolveshead.5950]

Its part of the FUN !, Trying to beat your bookmaker ! and having a laugh , one way or another ! And for Greyhounds , the late , John Power ! both would say come on give us your Money !! and laugh ! and lay you a bet ! and when you retired your horse / greyhound to take them home ! They always wished them well , as say they ve earned it ! give em ,a good life ! Though you had a friend / foe friendship , with your bookmaker , at the end of the day ,you could still have a laugh ! and don t loose my money I will win it back , ha , ha .

[@MarkMay-kt7bm]

RIP Barry!!

[@binlondon9685]

He is mr tricky.

[@seankinsellasean]

20:24 france 7/1 to win the world cup GET ON!

[@martinnewtonholmes]

Rotten tip as it turned out

[@craphead9842]

Just shows you what the toffs get up too when drunk... Regards Tony

[@garbennett4758]

What a legend....

[@philvalentine7665]

I'm finding his wife strangely alluring.

[@binlondon9685]

So am I, hahaha.

[@UXB-p5u]

Why 'strangely' ? A very good looking woman.

[@neilson4348]

37:45 is brilliant

[@tomster1414]

Core blimey , the wokes and snowflakes would have to be interned listening to half of this , blady well loved this 👍

[@UXB-p5u]

100% agree mate...imagine what Starmers thought police would be doing today!!! Whole country is under attack and 'lead' by those who hate and despise Britain our heritage and history and want to completely dismantle our country and democracy and fill it with clearly disturbed illegal channel crossing MEN .

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

Thank you from Manhattan ©2024

[@UXB-p5u]

Saddened to hear of Barry's death at 83 he will be greatly missed by those who value free speech and real character!

[@tq6892]

Was he a free speech advocate?

[@DeepSeaDiverHB14]

They can’t lose long term playing to 115+ overrounds if they can play the game .

[@andymatthews7617]

BARRY, NUMBER ONE BOOKIE.GOOD ON YA SON.

[@Wooooooooool]

Bazza crying when he loses.. take it on the chins big man..

[@retrosports574]

Went to ascot in 98 good times.

[@marksimpkin127]

😢😢😢😢 I was heartbroken for Dennis,s young Son, he took a monkey 500 and dennis son dint check the price move .. even if he missed it giong into 16/1 from 20s he still would of lost big .. loved this thou and like dennis now 😊❤️

[@garyproffitt5941]

Greeting the late Barney Curley.

[@michaelwinder2478]

Poor blokes had his pants down at Epsom 44:50 😂😂

[@ryanharrison1384]

Can someone explain the monkey on 20/1? Why did that matter the lad missing it what do they do ?

[@strappingpiglet]

Odds can change/fluctuate near the start of a race and that horse must have been being backed everywhere and so the true Odds of that horse should have been shorter than 20/1 Barry didn't spot it in time to change his odds...the punter did and knew he was getting value at 20/1

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

His son, Patrick, missed the move in the ring leaving Barry with 20/1 on his board. It happens. It meant that Barry was stuck with the bet and couldn’t hedge any if it back.Incidentally, Patrick is now a corporate partner in a decent solicitors firm.

[@HughJohn-s1n]

Bookies never lose because they only take bets from mugs 😂😂😂😂😂

[@UXB-p5u]

Well clearly you would know all about it wouldn't you.....'Hugh'

[@HughJohn-s1n]

@@UXB-p5u thxs I was wondering why bet365 won't take any more bets of me 💯👍

[@HughJohn-s1n]

@@UXB-p5u I'm glad u told me bet365 closed my account for losing , there was I thinking it was me winning too much 💯👍

[@malcolmclements9254]

I remember betting on most of those horse's of the day, except they lost when I was on them.

[@paulbutler3469]

Must of seen this 10 times

[@CUSTARDMIKE]

*have

[@WilliamMitchell-n7i]

GRH King 👑 Of Thee Betting Ring 👑🙏🕯️🙏

[@NotInAsia]

You have to move with the times. Betting changed. There was a monumental change in the past 20 or so years, ever since the advent of exchanges. Though bookmakers still drive the exchanges, not vice versa. But it's corporate bookmakers, essentially number crunchers and traders, that routinely and probably automatically now with AI algorithms, ban or restrict (gub) to pennies any successful or prudent accounts. Old school on course bookies are prehistoric.

[@HughJohn-s1n]

Not wrong there , if u know what you're doing it's almost impossible to get a decent bet on 💯👍

[@db0800]

I go to the bookie offering the best price on the horse i want to back. Where he is stationed is irrelevant.

[@raygilbert847]

R.I.P. Barry.

[@DdotRay86]

Are we really not talking about the gurning Albino at Ascot?

[@NoobiMeh]

Proper times these

[@ArcMotorsportsTV]

If computers were an advantage, we'd all have them.. 2024 - We all have them. everywhere.

[@dwindows1976]

When someone calls St Tropez Santropra best believe their rich 🤑 👍

[@benderbendingrofriguez3300]

45:08: Bet £500 at 20/1 =£10,000 - £500 = £9,500 profit the equivalent of £17,647.60 in today's money.

[@johnmason9655]

Amazed it wasn't layed off

[@johndonnelly3135]

Barry’s Bismarck, R.I.P.

[@shitstorm7428]

RIP Barry

[@gurney2931]

He's a good winner.

[@bakedpotatas]

What year was this filmed plz?

[@manchester1972]

1998..year France won World Cup.

[@Isleofskye]

Well, Barry said he had " waited for a pitch since 1970 which was 29 years ago !" so on that basis around 1999 , my friend :)

[@bakedpotatas]

@@Isleofskye It's 1998 mate, as someone said below Barry has prices for the World Cup on his board.

[@Isleofskye]

I should have known. Backing France at home is the only time since 1981 that I have won decent money :)

[@JayInplay]

Respect - Are you still in the game Barry?

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

He’s about 83 now and still stands at Lingfield most meetings.

[@JayInplay]

Thanks for the news - I wasn't aware if he was still in the game or not @@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp

[@brm6554]

RIp Barry Dennis 😢

[@Thanks_for_posting.]

Good to see Gary Selby any one know if he’s still about!

[@brm6554]

Diamond Geezer proper gentleman salt of the earth they don’t make them that Barry anymore.

[@charlesbarrett6878]

Epic....

[@gaspanox]

'Can't beat the expenses'... If you couldn't then god knows what happens now..

[@hughcumber665]

Why would you go racing and not go to the on course bookies, you might as well sit at home

[@kevinhall3188]

Things evolve.... numbers drop as folk stay home for all sports. Culture and new profiteers.

[@alanorourke1351]

All the money he's got and wouldn't get that crack in the windscreen fixed ha! Only joking a star

[@jonglewongle3438]

It is very easy for bookmakers to win. You'll get some races where every bar bozo will come rushing in at the last minute throwing tens of dollars on all sorts of runners and by definition nearly all of them are gonna come a gutzer. And they'll be taking stable money which is sometimes good and sometimes astray. They'll sometimes get hit by a move which turns out to be good. I know a bloke who recreationally went to the races and had a hundred on his surname namesake, and only because of that, but he was on it when it was right, and probably took a few hundred out of an on-course bookie in that single instance.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Barry is correct about Royal Ascot its a total waste of time.

[@matthewimhardbrucelee6995]

Do you think he bought that doorbell of Del Boy 🤣

[@jollysheldone425]

"The Doorbell of Del boy" is that like a mythical weapon or a sacred charm? or did you mean "Off Del boy" which is also incorrect, possibly "From Del boy" Not sure.

[@Isleofskye]

Exactly what I thought. Up to the legislation of Betting Shops and before there were far more ways to spend the leisure pound a majority of THe Bookies were Jewish as you can, clearly, see in the earlier shots. Once the De-Mob money dried up and the game got quieter most were nowhere to be seen...