Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The words you see above are those of Pointsbet CEO Sam Swanell in an story published yesterday on the straight.com.au about the business strategy of the company. His comments are an interesting insight into what appears to be going on inside the Australian bookmaking market, and an example of it in action. Swannel reveals that […]
Pure betting odds are simply an expression of a horse’s probability of winning a race. If the horse’s odds are $2.00, or even money in the old language, then it has a 50% chance of winning the race, just as it has the same 50% chance of not winning it. Bookies odds are slightly different, […]
There were 14 gallops races with an odds-on favorite in them run around Australia on Thursday, from Ipswich to King Island, with Goulburn, Hamilton and Pakenham in between. 10 of the 14 that started in the ketchup went down. Never bet odds-on, never run up stairs. One of the ten was the Chris Waller trained […]
Always back the horse named self-interest son, it’s the only one trying – D.T. Crimmins, NSW bookmaker We told anyone who would listen that the partnership between Entain and the TAB would be the savior of New Zealand racing, if only the industry would embrace and support it. Entain don’t play in the racing pond […]
Problem gamblers were significantly more likely than non-problem gamblers to have experienced a win the first time they gambled and to report that losses made them want to gamble more. Problem gambling was also significantly related to the size of an individual’s first win. That is, people that reported larger first wins were more likely […]
When you have as much money as D. Walsh you can get yourself painted however you like, and hang it up and out in your own world class art gallery. 5. It’s not about picking winners “You don’t need to forecast the outcome. A lot of people aren’t aware of this. What you need to […]
1. The wisdom of crowds is very real “My experience of gambling taught me to understand that the wealth and prestige that I grew to possess had very little to do with my talent. I didn’t gain wisdom by standing on the shoulders of giants. I gained wisdom by surfing the crowd,” says David Walsh. […]
@Nickmartin555 Can’t believe you only charge $200/week Dicko @dickosmailbag Sometimes I think the same thing mate. The art of the self-spruik has been around forever, since the days of David claiming to have slain Goliath with a slingshot and running all the way through The secret to the spruik’s success is showing the customer the […]
Following on from the previous post, where we looked at the much maligned in reviews bookmaker Zbet, which rarely finds a friendly audience in any forum where the public are invited to provide their reviews. Browsing the tides of Whirlpool, this particular thread sits near the top of the sports betting forum: https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/9pxj208z Let’s take […]
The ever excellent Peter Davis of the Greyhound Recorder is, in my opinion, the most incisive and insightful racing journalist in Australia, and also the best. Davis zones in on and dissects difficult subjects where most of the mainstream media fear to tread. He has done it again in his brilliant The Sunday Afternoon ‘Finish […]
