Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing QLD has announced a bunch of wild endeavours to increase the size of race fields in the state, most of which I personally consider absurd, but more of that later. You can read about the basics of the RQ measures here now here if you like. But what is really important is the numbers […]
Everyone’s favorite multiple entity corporate bookmakers Colby Paulding and Noah Rose, they of the Amused Group – whose brands include Bet Deluxe, Bet Nation, Mighty Bet, Pulse Bet, Big Bet, Surge, Noisy, Yes Bet and Bet Express – have copped a caning from the NT Wagering Commission over Bet Nation’s dealings with a problem gambler. […]
Mintsports has learned a lesson the hard way about the importance of corporate bookmakers taking great care in drafting their terms and conditions of use by punters. The bookie, like most, has a term of use preventing punters from using automated ‘bots’ to place their bets. In their case it reads: “10.4 We reserve our […]
Reports out of the Riverina from yesterday’s Albury meeting are the betting ring was colder than the Mawson research station in Antarctica, and twice as cold again. Bookies were said to be turning blue on their stands, and punters hands were so frozen that the satchel swingers needs a crowbar to prise the money for […]
Why do racing licensees like the Kiwi driver in the decision below place bets in breach of the rules on accounts held in their own name? Or allow others to do it, either tacitly or by implication? What is wrong with these people? Why don’t they just use bowlers? Everyone else does. BACKGROUND: Prior to […]
Report by Honest Bookmakers: honestbookmakers.com.au Honest Bookmakers is a brilliant website that concentrates its attention on issues with bookmakers and the TAB. It is well worth reading for those with an interest in these issues. We have no association with the website, but find their articles extremely interesting, and highly recommend it to all. www.honestbookmakers.com.au […]
Report by Honest Bookmakers – honestbookmakers.com.au If the reports reaching Honest Bookmakers are representative of a broader trend, TAB retail customers have every reason to be asking a simple question: Why place a bet if you can’t collect your winnings promptly, and/or get paid at all? Over recent weeks, Honest Bookmakers has been contacted by a number of punters […]
There is this desperately optimistic punter who we will call Barry. Barry had a 19 leg multi for a $1000 outlay on Neds, which if successful would have landed him a collect of almost a quarter of million bucks. He nailed 18 of the 19 legs. The 19th leg – leg number 16 in the […]
Betting pre-post with the TAB is a very dangerous game. Unders are almost every bets middle name. Here below are the prices on the TAB that Racenet was spruiking in the lead up to the race. Value extraordinaire they were. Not. The TAB early prices are in bold. The SP is next to it. Yeah […]
When you think about it Baldy looks a bit like the horse is he is scoping out for Zjelko. They both have a similar sort of white nose. It’s probably the ice cream. Professional punter David ‘Baldy’ Frolley has become the most loved character ever written about on this website. Every where he goes to […]
