St Petre Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 13/01/2019 at 20:55, Jim Hardie said: Not quite the same thing as he had zero chance of succeeding. He was trying his luck, which is what lotteries are all about. 😊 All this reminds me of an account I read of a bloke from Sheffield who was winning in the football pools (late 1950's-early 60's)almost every week, sometimes a couple hundred quid and then 2,000-a lot of money then- until Littlewood's cottoned on to him. He had a quite intriguing way of doing it , seemingly foolproof but I won't reveal his method as to spoil the story...oh yes..he was prosecuted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, St Petre said: All this reminds me of an account I read of a bloke from Sheffield who was winning in the football pools (late 1950's-early 60's)almost every week, sometimes a couple hundred quid and then 2,000-a lot of money then- until Littlewood's cottoned on to him. He had a quite intriguing way of doing it , seemingly foolproof but I won't reveal his method as to spoil the story...oh yes..he was prosecuted. Wot? Sheffield's own Horace Batchelor of Radio Luxembourg fame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Petre Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Jim Hardie said: Wot? Sheffield's own Horace Batchelor of Radio Luxembourg fame? No Jim, Horace was from Bristol.😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Just now, St Petre said: No Jim, Horace was from Bristol.😃 Yeah, Keynsham. Spelt K E Y N S H A M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Petre Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Just now, Jim Hardie said: Yeah, Keynsham. Spelt K E Y N S H A M. I think it was called the 'Infra draw method' (whatever that was). I understand Horace died almost penniless, so much for that then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Just now, St Petre said: I think it was called the 'Infra draw method' (whatever that was). I understand Horace died almost penniless, so much for that then. No, he left £150,000. Just been reading up about him on Wiki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 3 hours ago, St Petre said: I think it was called the 'Infra draw method' (whatever that was). I understand Horace died almost penniless, so much for that then. I stopped doing the pools after I got 8 draws on Vernons and won 7/6d. Seems like half the country also had 8 draws.😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modforlife Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 12/01/2019 at 20:58, ECCOnoob said: You think an attempt to defraud £200k out of a company is a crime that shouldn't be investigated?? Of course the CPS and Police should be investigating. I stand by my statement . Taxpayers should not be paying for a prosecution. It should be the company itself . Pretty much like most fraudlant insurance claims are brought to court . Its not the police pressing the charges but a private investigation company . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncasterman Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Had he genuinely won it then they would have paid him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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