Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
You might remember that we wrote a few weeks ago about how Entain – Ladbrokes and Neds – had pulled off the coup of the century and broken up the TAB’s monopoly by doing a deal that gives them access to promoting their superior punting products in the NSW pubs. One part of the deal […]
It seems barely possible to believe, but just days after newcomer to the gambling market BetR was given the nod to buy the Western Australian TAB, and hours before the deal was due to be announced, the sale has fallen over, all because of the predictable issue in the world – the name. BetR wanted […]
