Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Hulbert stable or their supporters didn’t miss this one. It was the 6th race at Lismore. Smart Kubrick was backed from $101 into $5.50. Now that’s a go of Getting Closer proportion. The horse was first up for four months, and had been beaten out of sight at it’s only two starts in Brisbane. […]
From the telephone discussion recordings between Dow and BetEasy staff, there is no doubt BetEasy was aware that: (a) the Account Holder (and her partner) had “two kids dying in hospital with a heart condition” and accordingly in a vulnerable position at the time; (b) the Account Holder’s partner was a permanently self-excluded gambler; and […]
Attention New Tabcorp. You are as bad as the old. If you actually had a look, I think you might find that jockey Tahlia Hope finished her apprenticeship quite some time ago. Which means that you’ve got it wrong again, and mislead mug punters once more. Want a quick but deadly accurate tip about why […]
This is Pointsbet market on the Souths v Warriors match at the 23 minute mark of the first half. At the time the score was 18-0 to Souths. Have you ever seen prices like it in a 2 horse race? $151.00 Warriors! It is the right price, but holy hell. That’s not the story. The […]
This one’s from a reader who has trained more than a few Group 1 winners in his time. I have a feeling he’s talking about the TAB ….
Anacta is the lobbyist firm run by lifetime Labor hacks that was was banned earlier this week from speaking to Govt Ministers in an official capacity or dealing with the Government. In the past 12 months one or the other of Anacta’s chiefs (or both) met with Government officials 43 times, and then – lo […]
The largely foreign owned monopoly TAB and tote operator Tabcorp is spending hundreds of thousand of dollars right now, maybe millions, in a cynical attempt to persuade State governments around Australia to allow the company to break long-term, binding contracts that it entered into in good faith at a tendered or bid price, in return […]
Australians are being bombarded at the moment by a xenophobic, Cronulla riot style PR, marketing and advertising blitz attacking corporate bookmakers as tax dodging, profit raping foreign thieves. The campaign is pushing for taxation of these corporate bookmakers, but it is utterly duplicitous, for its real purpose is to reduce the taxes paid by the […]
Three muppets with all their supporters behind them cheering. New Tabcorp CEO Adam Rytenskild, Racing Queensland CEO Pins Parnell, and the Racing Minister Grace Grace, who wouldn’t know a legal bookie if one bit her on the arse. Just days after the Queensland Government dropped a huge POC tax increase of 20% on unsuspecting bookies […]
Since mid-2019 Racing Queensland has been involved in litigation against Tabcorp, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars that it claims the company has underpaid in taxes and fees on various agreements struck by the parties. On the strength of the evidence presented, RQ has generally been regarded as a short priced favourite to win the […]
