I meant to add that I think it's far too late for NZ racing to find a way to fund itself from wagering as it did a couple of decades ago, without reducing its funding by a half or more. Possibly could have been achieved with the Entain capital funding but I think even Entain have given up on that possibility.
I think he's talking about the BSP which isn't a matched bet. Still ridiculously better pricing than we now have here and most were paying POCCs and GST which is no longer. The NZ punters still betting with them will never bet here with the TAB, they'll walk away in preference as MF noted. and the legislation has cost millions of lost revenue without recovering much if any. It's hard to see what the DIA is doing now will help enough to recover the cost of monitoring and their is a risk that the likes of Kalshi and Polymarket will apply for a legislative review of their interpretation from what I hear.
But was the best Fixed Odds? On Betfair you were only ever going to get what someone was going to match you for.
As for sticking up for ENTAIN from my observation they are no worse or better than any corporate bookie. They are also doing far far better than the last lot.
But the far bigger issue is no one has come up with a way of funding NZ Racing from wagering. Surely you are not like @curious who wants the best of all worlds without paying for it.
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