Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So in Victoria a bookie pays 10 percent POC tax on net revenue – that is, winnings – IF they turn over a million or more a year. Racing Victoria is licensing a broad range of bookies, using their on-course license status to give them an off course license that – utterly unlawfully in my […]
We have attempted to reason with the corporates by flagging potential changes to the race field fees when they come up for renewal next year. Brendan Parnell, CEO Racing QLD The reality is they (the Corporate bookmakers) have secretly pushed through these changes, with zero consultation with anyone other than Tabcorp. It is based on […]
What happens if a punter has won a quaddie with Sportsbet, and none of the TAB’s pay a dividend because it jackpots on all? Well, it gets very interesting there. Here is the Sportsbet rule. In the event of a jackpot and there is no dividend declared by Home Tote TAB and a member of […]
Popular Queensland racing figure Judge Julie Dick has just this morning delivered her last ever judgement and at the end of the month will said off into the sunset of a well-earned retirement. During her illustrious judicial career Dick J. held the positions of Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Queensland (2011–12) President, Childrens Court of […]
Even though Snow has refused to co-operate, we will continue to pursue the matter to ensure the integrity of thoroughbred racing has not been compromised That is Peter V’Landys speaking in 2019 in the wake of the TAB’s boss of fixed price racing Sally Snow – the god-daughter of Robbie Waterhouse – being warned off […]
What you see at the top are the results from race 5 at Otaki in New Zealand yesterday. The picture was taken 12 hours after the race was run and won, but as you can see Sportsbet say that they are still waiting for a result. There is a reason for that. They can’t find […]
https://www.webetnet.com/AboutUs Webet is a company that was recently registered by the NSW Liquor and Gaming Commission to conduct an interactive (online) bookmaking business. That is interesting, for the company is run by a couple named Garry and Glenis Clarke. They were pivotal figures in the Fine Cotton ring-in in 1984, their role being to place […]
On the 30th of November last year a company named The Bet Deck Pty Ltd (Bet Deck), which appears to have close links to a bookie known a Bbet, was registered as a bookmaker by the Northern Territory Racing Commission. As per usual its usual practice Licensing NT provided Bet Deck with an electronic file […]
We could’ve had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside of your hand But you played it with a beating Adele Kerry Packer once famously said in reference to reeling in a sucker that you only get one Alan Bond. Fortunately for the Aussie wagering industry company built on sand Betmakers […]
‘Slippery’ Sam Adams is a man that we have written extensively about in the past. For legal reasons that have nothing to do with him, we can’t repeat those stories for 4 and 1/2 years, which is a shame, because they are interesting. It’s suffice for now though merely to say that Elliot ‘ET’ Forbes’ […]
