Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The talk in NZ racing circles is that a new player is about to enter the Kiwi legal bookmaking market. This new player’s called Betcha, and the whisper is it’s set to commence operations sometime in the next 8 weeks. Our spies who have told us these things are asking how it can be? After […]
By Peter Davis In the wagering landscape of increasing taxation, punters seek value and many look to open accounts with new players but there is a catch. A successful and well-known Victorian punter has a story to tell and his circumstance would not be isolated. “I only bet on greyhound racing and Minimum Bet Limits […]
Aden Conlan (pictured above with his mum Rebecca, who is an active committee member of the Cairns Jockey Club) A couple of boys from well-known Far North QLD bookmaking families celebrated their big nights out together on the town in Cairns last night, and by all reports it was a big one. I hope so, […]
We first met the corporate bookmaker Baggybet (real name Mailbag Wagering Pty Ltd) back in October last year when we wrote about how the company then owned by tips spruiker Jack Dickens and the Chairman of the Australian and Victorian Bookmakers Associations Chris Lester was fined $82 620 by the NT Gaming Commission for breaches […]
Archie Somebody this side of the ditch deserves a severe kicking – sadly its me!! Last night sitting in our local having a beer and a bet (or several) up comes the odds for the much delayed Race 6 from Goulburn Harness. As you will be aware there were 4 late scratchings in the race, […]
The real cost of the huge fall in UK racing betting turnover Online UK betting turnover on horseracing fell by the equivalent of £1.75 billion in the last financial year, wiping tens of millions from media rights deals with bookmakers and illustrating the scale of the sport’s funding black hole, analysis by the Racing Post […]
Prominent Melbourne rails booklie David McLauchlan closed down his Victorian registered Winbet operation, but he has another online bookmaking company registered in the same state called Fiesta Bet up and running. What you see at the top and above are screenshots of the fiestabet.com.au website. Note that betslip section on the right says Empty Pinata. […]
Dear Peter Profit Unfortunately what Mark Latham didn’t mention was how the AFL beat the NRL in the media rights deal by the length of the Flemington straight. In NSW racing the Hawkesbury club went into administration, we have TAB tracks out west that dont even have semaphore boards, and PVL sits back and allows […]
The Capalaba Greyhound Club may not be a gambling operator as defined under the Interactive Gambling Act, but they do receive payments from the operator of the on-course tote at their track Tabcorp, who are. As such the club is treading a very fine line when it comes to advertising Swoosh Finance – a self-professed […]
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