Greyhounds - House Rules From Games Unlimited (Eamon Bloomfield)
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Greyhounds is a most unusual and extremely good game.  Following its publication
it was recognised, however, that once players became experienced there was a 
disticnt disadvantage in being the Bookie.  Various suggested rules changes have
been made.  One is that players should bid NOT to be the bookie.  The lowest
bidder is made the bookie but he gets given the money bid by the other players.

One of the problems facing the Bookie is that he cannot rely on the dogs being
raced TO WIN. (There are severe penalties in real world racing if this sort of
thing happens and is proved).  We therefore offer the following suggestion for
players who wish to play the game WITHOUT one of them being the Bookie.

There is no Bookie as such - all money comes from the bank.

Cards 11, 18, 19 and 20 are not used in the game.

Players proceed as normal but there is a maximum of 55 points they can allocate
to any one race.

The prize money is considerably increased to:
1st 15000
2nd 10000
3rd  5000

If your dog is lapped you do not collect any prize money.

Players are not compelled to bet.

When the cards are revealed the dogs must be put on the odds table in accordance
with the value of the 'hand'.  In other words the dog that has the highest total
value cards must be made favourite, and so on.  In the case of a tie the dog
with the highest top card (or 2nd top etc if equal) is given preference.  In the
event of entirely identical hands the dogs dice for preference.

Under this system players might care to play with NO limit to the number of
points they can allocate to a race,  They can put all their high cards on one
race to be sure of winning (they hope) but they must remember that they do not
collect any prize money at all if they are lapped.