Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
OF all the high players this country ever sees, there is no doubt but that the guy they call The Sky is the highest. In fact, the reason he is called The Sky is because he goes so high when it comes to betting on any proposition whatever. He will bet all he has, and […]
Pure betting odds are simply an expression of a horse’s probability of winning a race. If the horse’s odds are $2.00, or even money in the old language, then it has a 50% chance of winning the race, just as it has the same 50% chance of not winning it. Bookies odds are slightly different, […]
There were 14 gallops races with an odds-on favorite in them run around Australia on Thursday, from Ipswich to King Island, with Goulburn, Hamilton and Pakenham in between. 10 of the 14 that started in the ketchup went down. Never bet odds-on, never run up stairs. One of the ten was the Chris Waller trained […]
The leader Jungle Eyes was home to the world in the last race at Menangle. There was no way it was going to get beaten. Until this happened. Ouch. It’s a hard knock life.
It’s hard not to be enthralled by the Boys Get Paid movement, which peaked with a public betting syndicate that had a starting pool in excess of $1.2 million at Ellerslie on Saturday. They turned over $1,908,323 which contributed to an all-time TAB record meeting turnover of $9.5 million (on just six races). Had Legarto […]
https://twitter.com/benyelloc/status/1752916897706967420 This racing commentator on Twitter is blowing up big time about the defeat of the Annabel Neasham trained Plundering at Doomben yesterday. Here are some basic facts. Horses throw shoes behind the barrier regularly and get reshod by the farrier, and it’s not a big deal. Runners get vetted at the start and are […]
You know that old demon your dad used to warn you about as a kid, the Quaddie Killer? It’s alive and well and appeared from the death dressed as Murphy’s Delight at Albion Park in the 1st leg on Saturday night. $151.00 rank outsider the horse started at when he did it the hard way […]
Problem gamblers were significantly more likely than non-problem gamblers to have experienced a win the first time they gambled and to report that losses made them want to gamble more. Problem gambling was also significantly related to the size of an individual’s first win. That is, people that reported larger first wins were more likely […]
Crypto billionaires Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani have struck a deal with ASX-listed RAS. By JOHN STENSHOLT EDITOR, THE LIST 5:56PM JANUARY 22, 2024 Stake.com, the world’s largest gambling company by volume and led by young Australian billionaire Edward Craven, has struck a deal with a small ASX-listed firm to use its technology to launch a horse racing […]
Australian-based Stake.com founders dodge $580 million claim BySarah Danckert June 27, 2023 — 12.05pm The two founders of Stake.com have managed to avoid a $580 million claim against their business by a former business partner after a US court threw out the claim for a lack of jurisdiction. Last year, the former business partner to […]
