Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
$1025.6 million dollars to be precise. That’s Tabcorp’s annual revenue from winnings on the book. Do you know how much company tax Tabcorp paid last year? Nothing. In fact we the people of Australia gave them a $16.2 million credit that the company can use to offset it’s tax next year, if of course it’s […]
I have an amazing idea. It came to me in my sleep, or something like that. When things come to me in my sleep, or something like that, they always prove correct. Here is my amazing idea. I reckon the QRIC should ask the TAB for the betting records of the pubtabs at both the […]
As most know, the Victorian Government are hapless, hopeless and useless. The opposition is worse, but we won’t talk about that for the moment because it’s not part of the story. Dashing Dan Andrews mob are seriously contemplating issuing Sportsbet and Tabcorp dual licenses to run the TAB. It seems like madness. What will best […]
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.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s a commonly held belief among Queensland punters that the TAB only takes 14% commission out of the wagering pools. If it were true it would be pretty ordinary, for it would mean that for every dollar you bet you are really only getting a multiple of 86 cents in the dollar times your investment, […]
