Wagering Turnover is Plummeting in the US Too
Hot on the heels of a major downturn in Australian wagering turnover on the gallops comes a double digit plunge in the amount bet on the racing code in the US. It looks like its a global post-pandemic trend. This report by Ray Paulick. Wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred horse racing dropped sharply in September, declining […]
The Punters Cop it in the Snooter at Betoota
Bookies have a long way to travel to Betoota, and expenses are high. But they’re no cheaper for punters either, and they don’t have the benefit of claiming the exes as business deductions on their tax. So there is no excuse for the bookmakers at Betoota to be setting their markets at 175% like they […]
I Have a Name For the Merged Betr and BlueBet – Unders
Bluebet have adopted the Betr brand name for their newly merged business, but I reckon they have made a mistake. A far more fitting name would be Unders. What else do you call a bookie that bets $1.20 about Kyle Feldt scoring a try anytime in the Storm v Cowboys game tonight, when other bookies […]
Layoff the Unauthorised Betting Bookie Travels to the Top End Looking For an Arb – But the Pearls Were All Away Holidaying in Asia With D. Ng
David ‘Layoff’ McLauchlan is the Melbourne rails bookie who did a stack betting against the credit punter David Ng and then unsuccessfully taking him to court trying to get Ng to pay his tick. In the process McLauchlan set a losing precedent that left both himself and other bookies across Victoria open to prosecution for […]
Chantal Turpin Didn’t Have to Play Smoke and Mirrors to Secure Duke of Scotland a Derby Start – For Real Life Intervened and Did it For Her
Earlier in the week we postulated that trainer Chantal would scratch the weakest hope out of her four runners in tonight’s Queensland Derby Always Smokin, so that one of her strongest chances, the reserve Duke Of Scotland, could secure a starting place in the field from his plum 2 draw. In the end she didn’t […]
The Silence from Racing Victoria is Deafening – If My Hands Were All Over the Layoff McLauchlan Unauthorised Gambling Thing Like Theirs Are, I Would Keep Quiet Too
Racing Victoria is the regulator that licenses bookmakers in the State, and the body responsible for setting and enforcing compliance with the Bookmakers Telephone Betting Rules. That creates a bit of an issue for RV, because it now knows that David McLauchlan has broken the rules, and a simple check of their own stored betting […]
Racing Victoria Changed- But You’ve Still Got a Problem Bookies
Racing Victoria changed the Bookmakers Telephone Betting Rules on the 14th of September 2023, and from that date on the new rules apply. The changes made by Racing Victoria removed the requirement for a bookmaker to get a signed Client Authorisation Form from every punter that they took bets from over the phone. “Phew” you […]
There’s Panic Among the Ranks of the Victorian Bookies, After Layoff McLauchlan’s Supreme Court Loss Leaves Their Hip Pockets Hanging Out in the Wind
Layoff McLauchlan gets the cash ready to give back to the punters The mail out of Melbourne is that a great many Victorian bookmakers are deeply concerned about the implications of the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgement in the matter of McLauchlan v Ng, and what it might mean for them. As we wrote earlier […]
Attention All Punters Who Have Placed Bets on the Phone With a Victorian On-Course Bookie – Want Your Money Back? – Then Read On
Have you ever placed a bet over the phone with a licensed Victorian on-course bookie? Yes? If so, have you ever completed and signed a Client Authorisation Form? No? Then guess what? You can get all money you lost on these phone bets back. Read on to find out how. If you’re not already a […]