#BettingPeople: RON WADEY

#BettingPeople: Ron Wadey is a contemporary of Fred Done when he started building his betting shop empire in Warrington, he eventually sold out to Ladbrokes for eye-watering sums and then embarked on a new career as a racecourse bookmaker where he still bets with his son Colin. Meeting Ron Wadey, a no nonsense Northerner, with Simon Nott.

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RON WADEY (part 1 of 4)

Ron talks about how much luck was involved in his very successful career, how a rugby injury led to working in a betting shop and a run-in with the underworld and the fearsome ‘Quality Street Boys’.

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RON WADEY (part 2 of 4)

Ron talks about opening his first betting shop which led to an empire of them, if he ever feels sorry for the punters that lose to him, Fred Done and more.

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RON WADEY (part 3 of 4)

Ron retells a near death experience with an over the counter pick me up, playing sport competitively well into pensionable age and making a book in Ireland.

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RON WADEY (part 4 of 4)

Ron talks about racecourse bookmakers, how people go skint at the game buying poor pitches and bagging over a million from Ladbrokes.

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RON WADEY #BettingPeople PODCAST

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