Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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’ […]
Good Will Punting is a so-called sports betting consultancy firm. It claims to offer risk free punting solutions. Peter Foster and Bill Vlahos did too. As every punter knows, there is no risk free. That’s why it’s called gambling. Very few people know him or know his name, but my mate Overs is one of […]
Sally Snow is warned off from race tracks around Australia. We were never quite told why. Price manipulation was the reason. Snow was in charge of the TAB fixed price markets, and was playing them to the advantage of certain people who she was close to, and who her parents were too. Sally’s parents were […]
Far North Queensland’s leading owner Tom Hedley – the controversial businessman and hotelier who ten years ago told the liquidator of his companies that collapsed owing $350 000 that all he had left was just $28 000 in cash, a $69 000 tax refund, a share in a horse and a house – owned 2 […]
So who is this company The Hairy Pill? The Hairy Pill is just a business name. The outfit that owns it is called The Hairy Company Pty Ltd. The private company with 2000 issued shares and three directors, that trio also being the shareholders. The non-paying bookie Noah Rose owns 7000 of the shares. He’s […]
Matt Tripp is regarded by some ignorant folk as a genius in the world of gambling. Maybe he is, I don’t know. The thing I do know is that Tripp’s business practices resemble those of the drug pusher who waits outside the rehab clinic ready to grab people as they walk out and offer them […]
Between the 16th of January 2020 and the 3rd of February 2020, an unnamed but very real punter who we shall call Con Pulsiff deposited $1.1 million into a betting account that he held with PlayUp, who are in my considered view if not the worst corporate bookie in the world, then a pretty damn […]
There has been a sensational twist in the US case of PlayUp Inc v Dr Leila Mintas, the one in which the Australian corporate bookmaker Playup – which owns the old Mad Bookie, Top Betta and Classic Bet – is suing it’s former US CEO for a stack. PlayUp reckons Dr Mintas sabotaged a $450 […]
