Yes, more mug punting

A merry Easter to one and all.

Yesterday was good; the drinks in the evening provided some good banter and a fun ride home - it's always interesting when you have to cram four passengers into the back of a small car. In the afternoon I went to Moons with Covey, Loz and the Bot. There is a Coral not too far away from the pub, and given our recent trend for mug punting it was inevitable that we'd end up in there. The fact that a blizzard started whilst we were in there resulted in a prolonged session of blindly backing the favourites in every race. Needless to say, only one of us left there with profit (well done Loz) and that was a miracle in itself.

A couple of 'funnies' from the afternoon...

- In one of the chases, one of the horses went 25 lengths clear after about half a mile. Covey subsequently screwed up the slip for his bet on the favourite and threw it across the table. His horse ended up winning it at the death, prompting a lot of shouting and laughing, even from other people in the shop.

- Botten, after backing Lewis Hamilton: "Lewis Hamilton is 7/1 to win the Grand Prix, that's a dead cert" (or something to that effect). Update: Hamilton came fifth.

- It's impossible to be a true mug without playing on the roulette machines. So we all chipped in and put some cash into one. First bet: red.... result: zero. Second bet: red..... result: black. Third bet: red..... result: black. I'll leave you all to draw your own conclusions from that. (FIIIIIXXXXXXXXXXXED!!!!!)

Away from mug punting.... I'm finding it hard to resist trading on all of the good sport that is on at the moment. But those losses last week really annoyed me, so I'll continue with my break for the time being. Poker is going fine at the moment, so I'm happy to stick with that.

I was talking to the guys yesterday about how you might be able to make a living by laying England at all sports, and I thought I'd give it a paper trial.... so, bet one is laying England in the Third Test against New Zealand. Current price is 1.25 and I'll lay them for me to win one unit.

Ok, Grand Slam Sunday is about to begin. Come on Liverpool and Arsenal!!

More soon, thanks for reading.