Betfair Grp Share Discussion Threads

[roosterhead56] 17/8/2007 09:21

From www.armshare.com
the London Stock Exchange introduced Rule 26, which requires all AIM companies to provide much more comprehensive Investor Relations data on their websites, such as AIM Admission Documents, accounts etc. This makes company websites much more useful for investors carrying out research.

[mcrocker] 16/8/2007 17:52

Anyone know what the Rule 26 information is the press announcement is talking about? I've had a look on BET's web site and can't see anything obvious.

[roosterhead56] 16/8/2007 12:05

What a storm!

[tinker tailor] 15/8/2007 15:04

Looks like we have weathered the storm well.

[tornadodown] 15/8/2007 11:15

All quiet so far today.Seems pretty stable in all this turmoil.

[tinker tailor] 14/8/2007 19:19

Could trigger a few buys

[tornadodown] 14/8/2007 14:40

Well there is the trade which pushed the price higher.God only knows what would happen if they got hit with a barage of buys.

[tornadodown] 14/8/2007 13:56

TT have always noticed that this tends to move quickly.

[tinker tailor] 14/8/2007 13:49

Nice to see this one turnaround so quickly.

[tornadodown] 14/8/2007 13:29

You see what I mean!

[tornadodown] 14/8/2007 13:01

Quick it depends on wether you are on a T trade or not.With the liquidity and strong buying will see a move back up.I honestly don't think anyone who has bought is sitting on a profit.

I like to try and find undervalued stocks with potential such as BET.The only others which I have come across recently are STP and today FMJ.I am quite happy sitting on my buys at these levels and waiting for the profit.

[quickpix] 13/8/2007 21:25

i have traded bet a few times, however this time i am not sure if i got my timing right...

[cyclingnut] 10/8/2007 23:07

i doubt it mate, the volume and interest in this stock is abyssmal....where are the sudden share buyers going to come from? heaven.....

[made_a_mint] 08/8/2007 22:58

I have traded BET many times leading upto results and always made money.The potential for this stock to be profitable is getting closer and closer.Expect to see buying increase as we move towards September.

[tornadodown] 07/8/2007 21:48

Hi KT the only further news I can add is early.

[kievtrader] 07/8/2007 21:37

TornadoDown - what is is anticipated date for results?

[tornadodown] 07/8/2007 08:20

I have received an email from the company advising results will be published in Septmeber.

[cyclingnut] 02/8/2007 22:12

Personal Screening plc (Personal Screening) is pleased to announce that its self
test screening kits are now being made available on line through a number of
high profile, well trafficked e-commerce websites. Companies that have recently
added our products to their sites include Tesco, LA Fitness, David Lloyd
Leisure, Fitness First. The range has also been taken by Closer Diet Shop whose
weekly publication is Closer Magazine.

[cyclingnut] 02/8/2007 22:05

Off topic-tell me what you guys think about this one please?

Personal Screening, PSP-could be good as the shares are just off the all time low? Interesting read below.

This former OFEX tiddler is a supplier of self-test medical kits for detecting health and medical conditions such as bowel and prostate disorders, diabetes, high cholesterol, and the menopause. With the help of broker share price Angel and adviser Nabarro Wells, it pulled in £795,000 net at 1p on its journey to AIM's shores. The shares now stand at 1.81p and value it at £2.61 million.

Executive chairman Michael Scorey, whose previous chairmanship of private healthcare business Clinovia saw it sold in 2003 for £45 million and whose last AIM-listed chairmanship, Omnicare, was sold in 1997 to US-owned Allied Healthcare, told me that Personal Screening was a 'bit of a bag of worms' operating in a cut-throat subsector when he arrived in 2004. However, very propitiously for the company (and presumably why it was brought to market) the marketing and distribution of these tests became controlled by European legislation that year and, laughs Scorey, 'in a stroke took away all our competition'.

A unique position...

'We're in a unique position to exploit this market,' brags Scorey. 'A lot of our past competitors, who sold just to hospitals, are coming to us to sell their kits in the retail market.' PS's nine CE-approved kits are sold in pharmacies, on the internet and by mail order. Its last results, for the six months to last June, saw pre-tax losses cut from £563,000 to £52,000. Costs have been cut and new IT systems introduced. 'This means we are able to increase sales volumes with very little associated increases in overheads,' says Scorey 'and this should hopefully be a fairly rapid route to easy profits.'

...in a growing market

This health sub-sector is expanding well, argues Scorey, as it has strong state support and a market in which people are becoming more aware of self-treatments and the benefits of supplements and self-testing products.

Indeed, the Government's recent announcement of a bowel-cancer screening programme for 60-to-70 year olds was a contributory factor in increasing mail order sales. People not in this age bracket – but who still considered themselves at risk – were able to buy their own screening kits, demonstrating the growth of the home health culture.

The UK market for over-the-counter medicines was £2 billion in 2004 and legislative changes to lighten the load on GPs have led to pharmacists being incentivised with higher rates of pay for the services they offer. Significantly for Personal Screening, offering self-test medical kits counts as a service. Making the kits even more alluring is that they are likely to result in repeat business for pharmacists' over-the-counter medicine. Elsewhere, the company has signed a deal with 50 Holland & Barratt health food stores, which are similarly motivated as they sell supplements that alleviate many of the tested complaints.

The placing funds are to be used to beef up PR and marketing efforts, as Scorey sees these as the most effective way to increase visibility with the public.

Looking further ahead, the next stage of growth is in expanding the range of tests, with drug testing being mooted and possibly even a move into pet screening for diabetes in dogs and chlamydia in cats!

[tornadodown] 02/8/2007 07:34

Interesting articles thanks both of you.

[run rabbit] 01/8/2007 23:36

UK Internet Gambling on the Rise
01-08-07

The regulatory body for casinos, bingo, gaming machines and lotteries in Great Britain, the Gambling Commission, has announced that the numbers of people going online to place a bet in the UK is on the rise.

The Gambling Commission made the announcement upon releasing the findings of its latest survey carried out in June. This examination found that 8.6 percent of UK adults had taken part in at least one form of online gambling during the previous month, up from 7.4 percent last year.


The Commission's survey found that taking part in the National Lottery remains the most popular form of remote gambling followed by online poker. It's research discovered that, in the four quarters to June, 6.7 percent of adults admitted to gambling via a computer, laptop or handheld advice over the previous month, up from the 5.2 percent in last year's survey.


Placing a bet through a mobile telephone is also on the rise with almost three per cent of adults stating that they had used their handset as a gambling tool at least once in the month before the survey.


To round off a general rise, gambling via interactive or digital television also increased during the period from 1.7 percent to 1.8 percent. The Gambling Commission said online gamblers are most likely to be males between

[guythomas] 31/7/2007 23:43

Surveys carried out in the year to June 2007 indicated that 8.6% of adults had taken part in at least one form of remote gambling during the previous month, up from the 7.4% seen in polls for the 2006 calendar year.

Experts said the increase could mean that new groups are at risk of addiction due to the broadening accessibility of different gambling forms.

The latest statistics, compiled from the Gambling Commission's quarterly surveys, showed that taking a punt on the national lottery remains the most popular form of remote gambling, followed by online poker.

Research found that in the four quarters to June, 6.7% of adults admitted to gambling via a computer, laptop or handheld advice over the previous month.

The proportion is up from the 5.2% recorded in last year's surveys.

Placing a bet through a mobile phone is also on the rise, with almost 3% of adults using their handset as a gambling tool at least once in the month before the surveys in the year to June.

Gambling via interactive or digital TV saw a slight increase during the period, up from 1.7% to 1.8%

The Gambling Commission said remote gamblers are more likely to be male and between the ages of 18 and 34.

Addiction experts said that the advent of internet gambling had taken away some of the stigma of walking into a bookies to place a bet, and as such could encourage different people into gambling, notably woman and younger people.

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[run rabbit] 31/7/2007 23:20

Some news which may have an impact

Internet gambling rises

[tornadodown] 31/7/2007 23:06

Good evening John,I would anticipate around 4-5 weeks from now so the T traders have yet to appear.

Cycling glad that you still maintain an interest as I am sure things are yet to really get going.