One For the Punters
If you like a bet then this discussion on Wolfden about when prices go up and when you can get on is well worth a listen. The delay in when the TAB markets are being posted is a focus.
The Bookie From Ironbark
If I had a dollar for every punter I heard complain about being cut back on a bet by a corporate bookmaker or having their account closed down I’d be the richest man in Geebung, and twice as rich again. It’s the bane of every gambling fan’s existence, the weak gutted algorithm that won’t take […]
Betr Square Up
Remember our article yesterday about the winner who lost, the bloke who had $2500 on a dead-heat winner at the Bunbury trots and was paid a dividend almost $500 less than his stake? Well some stories have happy endings. Yesterday afternoon, some hours after our article was published, Betr contacted the punter and offered to […]
The Winner Who Lost
A mate of mine had $2500 the win on Patched in the last race at Pinjarra last night with Betr at odds of $1.65 . It’s the horse in the middle in the picture. It dead-heated for first. My mate’s return? $2062.50. Remember the bloke had $2500 on it. He backed the winner and lost […]
Will Australia’s Biggest Ponzi Scammer Beat Melbourne’s Smartest Bookie to the Cash?
Australia’s greatest ponzi scammer continues to be chased for the money he stole after his death. Not many punters ever beat bookie Frank Hudson, not even Tony Mokbel. It will be interesting to see if John Adams gets the better of him from the grave. Bookie linked to Tony Mokbel sues over $100m Ponzi scheme […]
Three Little Birds and a Creek
Archie Spotted at the Creek …… With the big wet… Albion Park tries shifting their usual day meeting to Tuesday night (it’s the 1st of April but this is not a Fool’s joke). There is an interesting little gathering in the dilapidated old stand … a former bookie (who is a fixture at every meeting, […]
A Man Cannot Serve Two Masters
We recently expressed our opinion that the AFL had erred by allowing A-grade referee Nick Foote to continue his side hustle as a racing tipster sponsored by corporate bookmaker Sportsbet. In light of this video (at bottom) published this week on the 2Units website featuring Foot (the clean shaven one) and his business partner Dave […]
Hits and Misses at Globe Derby Park
With no Albion Park last night we thought we’d turn our attention to the betting fluctuations at Globe Derby, where there have been some significant plunges come off lately. Some good bets were landed again last night, most significantly on the first winner Trigger which was backed from double figures into $5.00, the 4th race […]
It’s the Nanny State – Not the Bookie
Leading racing lawyer Wayne Pasterfield has set tongues wagging with his post on Twitter (X) that you see above about being restricted by a corporate bookmaker to making deposits into his gambling account of no more than 4o% of his weekly income. We are usually harsh critics of corporate bookmakers imposing limitations on punters exercise […]
There’s Not Always Smoke Where There’s Fire – But Gee It’s Hard to See
The whispers that there is some funny business going on with certain drivers at Albion Park have reached a crescendo in the past couple of weeks since former rails bookie at the gallops turned professional punter/layer on Betfair Lindsay Gallagher was banned by Stewards from entering the birdcage and stabling area at the track during […]