Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Tabcorp are not doing the bookmaking sector a whole lot of favours by their corporate behaviour at present are they? I mean here you have an industry under pressure from all sides, one that is facing a growing groundswell of parliamentary and public pressure to ban gambling advertising entirely, a tide of opinion that is […]
Races 1 and 2 at the Toowoomba gallops last Saturday week were a nondescript BM65 and a Class 3. Both events attracted QLD TAB win betting pools of well in excess of $10 000. The Inter Dominion Grand Final is a time honoured championship that it the culmination of the greatest series on the harness […]
This is a fascinating scientific analysis of the brain of gambling addicts. It has the potential to change the way we think about compulsion, and the chemical reasons behind it.
https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/camp-quality-a-big-winner-as-andy-takes-out-charity-challenge/ The Harness Charity Challenge is a wonderful concept that helps raise much needed funds for worthy charities, and the organisers deserve congratulations and applause for their unpaid efforts in organising and running the competition, which is basically a tipping contest centred on competitors paying $250 to buy in to play, and then betting imaginary […]
The boss of wagering giant Sportsbet says racing must do more to hero its stars to grow its fan base and remain entertaining. With other sports growing quicker in terms of the wagering pie, Sportsbet chief executive Barni Evans says racing must pull out its trump cards and unique qualities. “To stay fun and entertaining, […]
This excellent article by Joe Aston about Sportsbet CEO Barni Evans and his company Sportsbet appeared in the Australian Financial Review on the 22nd of March 2023. It is well worth re-reading in light of Ben Dorries feather touch interview with the Sportsbet CEO that was published on Racenet yesterday, to give some context to […]
