Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Playup have asserted to the US District Court of Nevada that it’s former CEO Dr Laila Mintas has no right to sue it, and filed a document in the court record that they claims prove it. There is a problem with their claim. The document is a blank copy. It is neither dates nor signed […]
We told you yesterday the story about Melbourne Mick, and how Curly Seal’s bookmaking outfit BetBarn had ripped him off by not refunding his quaddie investment as required under the rules when his anchor leg runner was late scratched. Well it appears Curly or his managers read peterprofit.com, for yesterday morning shortly after publication of […]
See this market? It is Sportsbet’s odds on a race at Redcliffe yesterday. The basics of a bookie’s market is that betting to odds that when totalled together equal 100% is a ‘true’ market reflective of each horse’s nominal percentage chance of winning the race. When a market is framed at odds that add up […]
It is illegal under various State laws for a bookmaker to offer inducements for members of the public to bet. An inducement includes a matched sign-up bonus deposit. Bookies are allowed to give them, but they are not allowed to offer them as bait to get a new customer to join. The above ad showed […]
