SUMMARY

How a punter took the plunge

THE LAY GAME OF BETFAIR

PPM reader Kerrin Brown has been enjoying success as a “lay” operator on Betfair. In this article he relates his personal story, and how he makes money from his operation.

The first time I went to a racecourse was in 1978. My mother, who has owned horses and is a gambler from way back, took the family to the Bunbury racecourse. I was a 7 year old, I picked 5 winners and won $21.

I thought I was the richest kid in Australia. How easy is this gambling thing, I was thinking. Looking back at it now, I sometimes wish I had never won at all. I’ve wished that I had fallen off the bouncy castle or got kicked by one of the ponies being led around for children’s rides.

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