Comments on: The Booker: Place bets now! http://www.fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:19:06 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David Roche http://www.fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/comment-page-1/#comment-240160 David Roche Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:28:25 +0000 http://fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/#comment-240160 Betting was suspended, in effect, for me by the fact that the staff and system in both Coral and Ladbrokes bookies that I visited on Monday and Tuesday had never heard of the Booker Prize. This despite the Times over the weekend quoting Philip Hensher at 4-1 and Adiga at 7-1 at Ladbrokes. Computer says no... Betting was suspended, in effect, for me by the fact that the staff and system in both Coral and Ladbrokes bookies that I visited on Monday and Tuesday had never heard of the Booker Prize. This despite the Times over the weekend quoting Philip Hensher at 4-1 and Adiga at 7-1 at Ladbrokes.

Computer says no…

]]> By: FifthEstate.co.uk http://www.fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/comment-page-1/#comment-248940 FifthEstate.co.uk Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:53:47 +0000 http://fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/#comment-248940 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The Booker: Place bets now!: It&<a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%238217">#8217</a>;s that time of year again, when the literati turns its eyes to.. http://tinyurl.com/3vup6m</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/fifthestate/status/959131546">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> The Booker: Place bets now!:
It&#8217;s that time of year again, when the literati turns its eyes to.. http://tinyurl.com/3vup6m

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: Kate Hyde http://www.fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/comment-page-1/#comment-248941 Kate Hyde Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:53:42 +0000 http://fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/#comment-248941 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The Booker: Place bets now!: It&<a href="http://topsy.com/s?q=%238217">#8217</a>;s that time of year again, when the literati turns its eyes to th.. http://tinyurl.com/3vup6m</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/katehyde/status/959131417">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/fifthestate.co.uk/2008/10/the-booker-place-bets-now/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> The Booker: Place bets now!:
It&#8217;s that time of year again, when the literati turns its eyes to th.. http://tinyurl.com/3vup6m

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

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