Inside dodgy firms making £10,000 a day from James Bond-style drones which give punters split-second edge on bets

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THERE was a buzz in the air at the big meetings at Cheltenham and Doncaster at the turn of the year, and you can bet Ascot wasn’t free of them either. And it was not because of an over-excite…

But their advantage over the pictures broadcast by Sky Sports Racing and ITV are even greater, with both channels running at a delay of around four to five seconds.

The drone firms have a different set-up at each individual racecourse and they will never attempt to fly the drones from racecourse land.At tracks such as Wolverhampton and Leicester, the operators pay local residents a decent chunk of cash to fly the devices from their properties. They are believed to pay her £300 per meeting and there are 49 meetings scheduled at Chelmsford this year.Punters pay to view the drone footage which is a split-second ahead of even the live in-running streams on bookie websitesWith that sort of top-up to her pension, it’s no surprise she "provides them with tea and biscuits" throughout their stay!

There are strict rules on where and when you can fly a drone, and you have to be properly licensed to operate the airborne devices. They must also stay at least 150 metres away from residential areas and must not fly above 400 feet, in order to stay clear of aircraft. There are no such rules in place in British racing, and racecourse chiefs have been left frustrated at attempts to get drone pilots to ground their aircraft.

 

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