Ian Wincott

Antarctic Explorer.

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

@aobrienfansite I was just asking, because I thought she may have retired but hadn't heard anything.

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

@aobrienfansite Yeah but doesn't have the * to say she was still in training.

[zach @plusEVbacker]

Some more I just got given, from the guy who took over his group. This guy is fucking scum

[zach @plusEVbacker]

1 person who was involved with him, basically almost scammed him for 2 grand, came up with a sob story to try and get out of paying

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

No more Outdoor Boys. Is life worth living.

[Paul Beck (Spectre) @PaulBeck3001]

Not sure where to begin with this… but here goes.
Prior to the Cheltenham Festival many of you will remember I did a Podcast (The Annual Naiad), which can be found here from 3m40s in:
https://t.co/Mejc9QXajz

In the podacast I asked the 1.4k people who watched the Podcast to do the Mikey O’Sullivan Marine Nationale/Jazzy Matty double and to donate 10% of those winnings to Mikey’s family. I myself did the same bet live on the Podcast to camera with @BetMGMUK. The bet was to return £10k, and I pledged to donate all of the returns to the pot.

When it came to the Festival the Racing Gods were smiling, and both horses won, and I immediately went to my BetMGM account but couldn’t find the bet. Ironically BetMGM were sponsoring at Cheltenham that day, so I went to seek one of their Representatives out. Sadly they had all decided to abandon ship well before racing ended that day, and I couldn’t find anyone to speak to.

On reflection, the only thing that could possible have happened was that the bet was referred to a Trader, and said Trader must have rejected the bet while I continued with the Podcast completely oblivious. All well and good you’d think because there should be a log of the event. However, after some considerable chasing through racing contacts to try to get to someone senior in their PR or Commercial Team I drew a bland and started the onerous procedure of trying to do it through the customer service call centre. Actually the front line were quite helpful, if a bit slow. I was however told that any records of a transaction like this disappear after 14 days, and by that stage 14 days had already passed. They would however raise it to someone more senior. Finally after many weeks and a couple more interactions, I’ve now finally been told that they can’t find a record and won’t do anything. Not even a gesture of goodwill donated to the fund.

All I had asked was, that given the very specific circumstances, the fact that it’s been recorded on a podcast, and it is for the most worthy of causes, that they may want to make a donation anyway. Which in the grand scheme is absolutely nothing to @BetMGMUK. Just for their PR budget it’s a drop in the ocean, and would have been very good for them to be seen to do something. Not least because of the circumstances with regards how it happened, and on the day they were at their highest profile, having spent a fortune on Marketing, including sending people for all expenses paid trips to Vegas.

So, despite it being on video. Despite the context. Despite the cause. Despite them sponsoring on the day. Despite the fortune they spent on Marketing and PR on that day. BetMGM have said No Donation. No Help. Case Closed.

I’m not one for drama—but this has floored me. Not just because of the lost bet. But because a firm making millions from racing, on the very day they were sponsoring, won’t even consider a goodwill gesture. And for something that means so much to so many people in Racing. I'm just appalled that someone @BetMGMUK can't see what the right thing was to do, irrespective of the positive publicity they could have generated by doing it.

So why am I writing this now:

https://t.co/3aaJWqa2SC make everyone in racing circles aware what has happened.
https://t.co/8j4Y9FNcjh that someone in the BetMGM PR Team reads this and either has the courage to contact me to discuss it, or even better decides to act and do something positive.
https://t.co/H3QhnnLeoC that those of you in the Racing Media may try to step in, both by using your influence, your contacts in the betting industry, and will retweet to your followers who may do likewise.
https://t.co/lQGqIQvrkk that those of you that do ‘Racing Twitter’ will retweet this tagging @BetMGM in to increase the likelihood of getting a response from someone senior in the business.
https://t.co/DsN5kxWFdH that those of you that pledged to donate will still do so https://t.co/zRShD6bEob
6.Because some of you that didn’t watch the Podcast may want to donate anyway
https://t.co/59CjlKBiVD that if BetMGM don’t decide to do the right thing, then perhaps another Bookmaker or Organisation may wish to do so. And may do so anyway.

Let’s show BetMGM just how much Racing, the Racing Media, and Racing Social Media care. Could I ask that if you’ve read this that you retweet it as far and wide, and as often as possible, and if you don’t mind, several times over the next week. Each time tagging in l until someone senior decides to get in touch to discuss the decision someone in their organisation has made.

Your help with this would be very much appreciated.

Paul

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

@rioferdy5 Rogers Watkins Asensio

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

@fatmarsh @bet365help Don't say that on here. You'll have safer gambling after you.

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

@SkyBet You got the right Harry?

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

@PolitlcsUK Lovely Welsh name that.

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

Enough is enough.

[Daniel O’Reilly @dapperlaughs]

Amount of people saying “Stay & fight”, like this is some war movie. You cant fight. You cant even protest without being called racist.

& Fight who? How? The whole country is fucked, the water companies robbed us & dumped shit in the water, you can’t swim anywhere you’ll get ill & die. The country is literally a shit hole.

The councils are bankrupt & cant even fix a pot hole & charge you council tax for the privilege of doing fuck all while robbing you.

Moneys taxed, cars taxed, petrols taxed, booze, food EVERYTHING is taxed, then if you manage to save enough money after its been taxed to buy a house you get taxed on that, then if you die and pass it to your kids that gets taxed. They literally want everything from the working man while they hide their money. Its a con, we are being conned.

& We are about to get taxed even more.

NHS is fucked. Cost of living fucked. Interest rates are fucked, & we got years of it getting worse before it gets better.

Londons a hell hole & unsafe after dark. I hate it.

The men think they are women, kids are encouraged to think about their sexuality & gender.

Our soldiers are getting stabbed.

Our police are pussies & the ones that aint get fired.

& that aint even getting started on illegal immigration, thats getting worse.

If my country ever needed me to actually fight id be there, 100%, but i ain’t gambling the lifes of my three daughters in the mean time, & even if they did survive growing up here for what? To live in a shit hole full of fucking wierdo’s. No thanks.

Where would i go? Somewhere with a backbone, a bit of sun & with less risk of your kids getting murderd, like Australia, Russia or fucking North Korea.

I whole heartedly encourage anyone with young kids that have the ability to leave to do so. Todays events in Southport have rocked me to the core, im sat here looking at my daughters feeling sad.

You can still work on trying to get your voice heard while your kids are safe.

I want my kids to live not survive.

[Aston Villa Statto @AVFCStatto]

Stick it on repeat 😍

Oliver George Arthur Watkins 📈

#AVFC | #EURO2024

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

THIS MOMENT! 😲

#NEDENG #BBCEuros #Euro2024

[Yorkshire Prose @YorkshireProse]

80 years on from D Day and watching that extraordinary generation is as special as ever. What are they marching for?

[Dan Walker @mrdanwalker]

Every #DDay I come back to Harry Billinge ❤️

If you’re tempted to moan about something meaningless or complain today… watch Harry and think about what he, and many others, went through for the freedoms we all too often take for granted.

There aren’t many of those heroes left but they have so much to teach us.

We’ll be playing music to commemorate the anniversary throughout the day on @ClassicFM

#DDay80 #LestWeForget

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

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[Leeds Rhinos @leedsrhinos]

It is with deep sadness that the club can confirm that former player Rob Burrow CBE has passed away, aged 41.
More here https://t.co/Lp2EcIu7ws

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

@TalkTV Hasn't got a clue. Thinks the living wage is 40k. Back to googlies monty.

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

Thanks for coming UCL. #UniversityChallenge

[Ian Wincott @IanWincott]

@TalkTV Revoke her citizenship as well.