Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Three months ago we raised concerns on this website about the solvency of online bookmaker BudgetBet, and asked questions about how the money in punters betting account would be protected and by whom. They were valid questions as we are all now finding out in the wake of BudgetBet’s collapse, leaving customers stranded with their […]
One of punters biggest bugbears is the scale of deductions for scratchings. Different wagering service provider (WSP – once upon a time we used to call them bookies) apply different deductions when a horse is late scratched, with the number of cents in the dollar taken from the face value of tickets seemingly left to […]
I almost fell off my chair yesterday morning after seeing that the bookies were betting $2.55 about Novak Djokovic beating Carlos Alcaraz. It was the overlay of the century The Joker has an outstanding record un hard courts, having won 71 of his 99 titles on the surfaces. Coming into last night’s match Djokovic boasted […]
Top law firm Maurice Blackburn is suing Sportbet in class action being taken against the leading bookmaker by punters who placed allegedly unlawful live bets on sport with the firm using ‘fast codes’ it supplied to customers. You can bet live in the run on races, gallops and trots in Australia, but you can’t bet […]
The simple answer to this bloke’s question is that life’s not fair, and bookies don’t have to bet reasonable prices. They only have to bet what the market will bear, and even then they don’t have to if they don’t want to. It’s called the free market. People sell at a price, and people buy. […]
High-profile Victorian racing identity and former race caller Bryan Martin publicly bemoaned the closure of the on-course tote at the Sale race meeting yesterday, telling Tabcorp via Twitter (X) that it needs to read the room. As regular readers know we are no fan of Tabcorp, and call them out consistently for their faults, but […]
Rockhampton based gallops man Jared Wehlow made the headlines last week when he announced his retirement from the training game at the early age of just 37, telling Racing QLD reporter Jordan Gerrans at the time that he “planned to have a bit of family time and enjoy doing something different.” Well in an exclusive […]
The decision of the Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission in the matter of Mr L’s complaint against Entain as owner of Ladbrokes provides instruction on how not to run a bowler account if you don’t want to get sprung. If you are going to use someone else to front for you, make sure you […]
Entain are offering some really interesting betting options on the main races at Addington today on both their NZ (TAB and Betcha) and Australian (Ladbrokes and Neds) platforms. The Early Crow is one of them. The name of the game of the Early Crow is to pick the horse to get to the winning post […]
PREMIUM (Definition) 1. a reward or recompense for a particular act 2. a sum over and above a regular price paid chiefly as an inducement or incentive 3. sum in advance of or in addition to the nominal value of something 4. something given free or at a reduced price with the purchase of a […]
