What’s the Go With Glenn Munise?
There are whispers all about town that Tabcorp has made the hugely popular presenter Glenn Munsie redundant. Is it true? If so, why? Watch this space.
So This is What It Has Come to Is It? – God Help Us All
The race on the left you see – the one without any sound – is the last race at Albion Park, the Free For All. The one on the right with the broadcast commentary is a hurdle race at Haydock Park. Where? Up in the north of England, to the nor east of St Helens. […]
Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead – Or Tabcorp Are Anyway
It tells you a lot about Australia’s historic obsession with horse racing and betting that the man who invented the totalisator, George Julius, was knighted for his work. The complex machine, initially designed to count votes, found flight as an on-course method of calculating dividends for horse racing and having started out in New Zealand […]
The Whales and How They Distort the TAB Pools and Your Dividends
This article taken from the ever excellent US racing website the Paulick Report is essential reading for anyone who bets on the TAB. We have translated it into Australian terms for you and added some commentary at the end. We will follow it up with an article explaining the TAB take outs in Australia. A […]
Why You’re a Mug if You Believe That the TAB Take Out Rate is Only 14% – And Why You Should Give Up Punting if You Rate Life North of the Tweed as Just 6-5 Against
The Great Tabcorp Lie
The company Tabcorp is at present running one of the most deceptive and deceitful PR campaigns that has ever seen on Australian shores. Using the faux Aussie Fair Play Coalition that they renamed to use as a front organisation, Tabcorp is running a series of high-profile attacks on ‘foreign owned bookies’, that is nothing more than […]
When Did Jimmy Orman Outride His Claim Again?
This is taken from the TAB website yesterday. You and I who are regular punters know it’s not true, but what is a newcomer to wagering on the sport supposed to think. “Oh, this J. Orman is an apprentice” is what. This is not a one off, it happens all the time in the TAB […]
Michael Cahill Steps 40 Years Back in Time
I don’t think Michael Cahill has had a 3kg claim since he was 17. That was forty years ago. Tabcorp disagree. They are always right. Just look at their balance sheet.
The TAB Form Analyst Ain’t Worth 2 Cents – But it Could Be Value
Could be value this horse. It won by 8 lengths last start. It was $1.65 the win at the time the form guide was written. Value? Hey mate, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
The Fast Disappearing TAB
When I left Brisbane a few years ago there were 17 stand alone TAB agencies on the northside of the city. They were in New Farm, Strathpine, Zillmere, Stafford Heights, Chermside (x2), Nundah, Eagle Junction, Albion, Aspley, Enoggera, Stafford, Everton Park, Albany Creek, Hamilton, Arana Hills and Boondall. Now there are just 3, in Hamilton, Stafford […]