Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
With no Albion Park last night we thought we’d turn our attention to the betting fluctuations at Globe Derby, where there have been some significant plunges come off lately. Some good bets were landed again last night, most significantly on the first winner Trigger which was backed from double figures into $5.00, the 4th race […]
Leading racing lawyer Wayne Pasterfield has set tongues wagging with his post on Twitter (X) that you see above about being restricted by a corporate bookmaker to making deposits into his gambling account of no more than 4o% of his weekly income. We are usually harsh critics of corporate bookmakers imposing limitations on punters exercise […]
The Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission is established by the Racing and Wagering Act (NT) 2024. Its purposes are to: promote probity, integrity and fairness in the racing and wagering industries and among its participants; establish a fair and efficient system of governance over the racing and wagering industries protect the welfare of animals […]
1. A v BETCHA Lodged 15/11/22 Decided 26/11/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 2. E v ENTAIN Lodged 15/7/20 Decided 22/11/24 Time Taken: 4 YEARS 4 MONTHS 3. F v PLAYUP Lodged 29/7/22 Determined 24/10/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 3 MONTHS 4. L v ENTAIN Lodged 3/1/23 Determined 22/10/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 9 MONTHS 5. […]
The members of the Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission are: Alastair Shields (chair) Cindy Bravos (deputy chair) Susan Kirkman (member) Scott Perrin (member) Rachael Shanahan (member) Ian Curnow (member). Below are the commission 2024 meeting dates: Thursday 1 February Thursday 7 March Thursday 4 April Thursday 2 May Thursday 6 June Thursday 4 July […]
One of punters biggest bugbears is the scale of deductions for scratchings. Different wagering service provider (WSP – once upon a time we used to call them bookies) apply different deductions when a horse is late scratched, with the number of cents in the dollar taken from the face value of tickets seemingly left to […]
QLD jockey Corey Bayliss must have been kissed by a fairy. Last week Masa Abe was disqualified for 16-month after placing 50 bets on gall0ps races in breach of rule 115(a). It was Abe’s first offence. No early remission of any part of the disqualification was extended to him. Corey Bayliss was today found of […]
The NZ Racing Minister has announced that amendments to the Racing Act will be introduced to parliament this week to “enhance the long-term sustainability of New Zealand’s racing industry by making TAB NZ New Zealand’s sole provider for sports and race betting both on land and online”. “Growing competition from offshore online betting operators poses […]
Racing Minister Winston Peters has announced the introduction of legislation to amend the Racing Industry Act 2020 which will extend TAB NZ’s current land-based monopoly for sports and racing betting to online. The Racing Industry Act established TAB NZ for the purposes of funding the racing industry. It provides 90 percent of the racing industry’s […]
