Upping the Ante: The pitfalls of buying money: a cautionary tale

As the most experienced punters know only too well, no bet is ever a completely sure thing – not even in rugby

In gambling, and perhaps in life itself, what we take for granted is often the most dangerous. A neighbour once bore the scars of what could have been a horrific traffic collision down home, as he failed to stop at a crossroads, reasoning that there was never any car on our backwater east Galway roads at that hour of the morning. He lived to tell the tale, though his vehicle was in a ...