The Dark Side of the Ledger – Why Punting and Easy Access to Other Peoples Money Don’t Mix – Peter Huxley – Part 4
What Matthew Cameron Did to Lose His License
Top jockey Matthew Cameron has been stripped of his racing licence in the wake of his conviction for indecent assault. The 35-year-old was sentenced to 90 hours’ community work and ordered to pay $900 to the victim, on Tuesday in the Hamilton District Court after pleading guilty to the booze-fuelled assault. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing […]
A Last Chance Blown
in 2021 Kiwi jockey Matthew Cameron lost his license after being convicted of the criminal offence of indecent assault. After spending more than 2 years out of racing, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing controversially granted Cameron a special exemption from the rule that prohibits people with criminal histories from being licensed, and gave him his riders […]
Why the Long Face Bookie? – You’re Robbing the Punters Blind
Bookmaker at Longreach yesterday Peter Anderson looks for all the world in the photo like a man who has just run over his own dog, and backed up and squashed his wife’s cat flatter than a pancake too. Anderson’s long face almost makes you feel so sorry for him that you want to walk up […]
There’s Panic Among the Ranks of the Victorian Bookies, After Layoff McLauchlan’s Supreme Court Loss Leaves Their Hip Pockets Hanging Out in the Wind
Layoff McLauchlan gets the cash ready to give back to the punters The mail out of Melbourne is that a great many Victorian bookmakers are deeply concerned about the implications of the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgement in the matter of McLauchlan v Ng, and what it might mean for them. As we wrote earlier […]
EXCLUSIVE – The Eye Picker’s Fatal Error – Part 2 – For the Want of Piece of Paper and a Pen, Layoff McLauchlan’s$150 000 Was Lost
Telephone betting with licensed on-course bookmakers in Victorian is permitted in accordance with the conditions set by the Racing Minister contained in a Ministerial Approval that has been issued under Section 4 of the Racing Act, and only under those terms. The Ministerial Approval permitting telephone betting, and detailing the requirements that must be met […]
EXCLUSIVE – The Eye Picker’s Fatal Error – Part 3 – How Layoff McLauchan Has Left His Bookies Comrades Standing Outside Naked in the Eye of a Shitstorm
The Supreme Court of Appeal is the highest court in Victoria. Decisions made by it establish the judicial interpretation of the law by becoming precedents that are required to be followed by all other courts in the State. The decision in the case of David McLauchlan v Allan Ng has laid down the law. Any […]
Rape Charge Dropped Against Trots Boss Days Before Trial
By BEN DORRIES and PATRICK BILLINGS RACENET A rape charge against stood down Albion Park Harness Racing Club chief executive Scott Steele has been sensationally dropped only days before he was due to face trial. In the Queensland District Court on Thursday morning, a notice of withdrawal was presented indicating the Crown would not proceed […]
Stood Down Albion Park CEO Criminal Charges Update
Is that the stood-down Albion Park CEO Scott Steele who is appearing in the QLD District Court tomorrow for an umpteenth mention of his rape and sexual assault charges? We don’t know. What we do know is that if it is, then Steele’s charges have been separated and will be heard as two different mattters, […]