Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Victorian bookmaker David McLauchlan’s failed Supreme Court action against punter Allan Ng has far-reaching consequences for his colleagues across the State. McLaughlan had sued Ng for $150 000 that the punter had lost to him placing bets over the phone on the Murray Cod, and then refused to pay. Ng said the bets were unlawful […]
