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Agree with every one of your statements. Entain entered into the contract with no interest with improving racing, the money they were to put into racing was just the bribe that made the TAB think they were the White Knights! They were after Sports Betting and online gambling and the racing was effectively the liability they were prepared to wear for a few years. Yes HRNZ decision making to make harness racing sustainable has been very poor and they have not had the successful business people that They needed. It is very hard to fathom why many of these decisions have been made but they just seem to pluck them out of the air and are not held to account. what I do know is that they are definitely shortening the life of harness racing being viable for many in the industry despite what they say about everything going well! -
Retail growth he talks about be the punters they’ve restricted going betting on machines cos they can’t get bet on their accounts. -
Are you understanding the full business model Brodie? My estimate is that roughly half a billion $ has been pissed against the wall since the new Racing Act was introduced in 2003. Poor changes at the TAB , poor employment choices at both the TAB and code level and some super dumb deployments of projects, both at the TAB and code levels. Entain has another 22 years or so to go. There’s a contract in place and they will milk as much as they can until their contract ends/or they on-sell. From your own perspective Brodie, Entain will always have restricted punters. You’re successful and at least 20 others that I know are also restricted. It’s bs really - the limit should be on the bet size not the bet prize. As for HRNZ - their part in this jigsaw doesn’t have a casting vote as they’re perfunctory only, in any Entain decision. So whether some meetings or venues do better than others,that’s their decision. On the bright side….we ain’t in China so at least we can at least have a bet! -
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Incorrect. Entain is a listed multinational whose priorities are and always will be margin, profit, and shareholder return. Racing is actually the least profitable product they operate. Because it isn’t delivering the returns they expected, they’re now doing what every global wagering giant does, cutting costs, trimming fat, and making the product cheaper to run. This is why you’ll see a major push in the next twelve months toward centralising tracks, reducing dates, reducing staff, and stripping racing back to the bare minimum. It’s not because they “love the sport” it’s because consolidation lowers overheads. Entains long term aim is simple. Shift their focus to high margin products sports betting and, soon enough, online casino games and let racing shrink into a small supporting act. It will be smaller, cheaper, and far less important to their bottom line. Whether racing thrives or dies isn’t a concern for them. Right now it’s an expensive, low margin pimple on a global balance sheet, and they’ll keep pruning until it stops hurting the numbers. -
Mr Vouris, as one would expect six months into his tenure, is upbeat and he had figures to defend his positive attitude. He has a background in gambling and comes across as being focused on selling bets to customers who want to be involved with an innovative operator. He is clear that growing the sports market and then getting new sports customers to get involved in major horse racing days such as Melbourne cup day etc is the key to achieving their growth goals. His gripe with NZ racing is the lack of consistency. He points out abandonments in the last 12 months are up ten percent. At no point did he criticize any one or any entity however read between the lines when Michael Guerin asks him "If you had a magic wand?' to which he replies; "Racing to be on our best tracks, at the right times, with the best fields we can possibly put together".
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