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i watched the interview and my take was exactly the same as yours. The entain man expressed empathy and tried to create the impression everything entain does is in the best overall interests of the nz racing industry,but reality is you could tell from his words thats his focus is on whats best for entains bottom line.And so it should be,he works for entain. but whats best for entain is not always whats best for nz racing.A lot is but a lot isn't.Media and racing adminsitrators tend to mislead on that. and this entain bloke lumped all nz racing under the same umbrella. Well,we all know its different. we all know one of the major failings of the current hrnz decision making is they place the same weight on the relevance and importance of factors that apply to the galloping code as to applying to harness racing.This entain fella kept empathising the need for racing to be based around the main tracks and we all know gallopings main tracks are where the nz population numbers are. And we all know that perhaps the biggest flaw in the current hrnz leaderships thinking ,is they think harness racing should work the same.In other words our current administrators make decision making around what they think shouild be the main driving factors(e.g.population),ignoring the realities. so that entain man and entain will do what they do,but its what hrnz do that really counts,and most can see the current leadership are dreamers,not realists. as to entain cutting back on the rebates. the nz tab have been whittling away at that for the last 5 years,even prior to entain. people who say they should have a blanket restriction on winning punters on ff,really have no idea whatsoever of what they are talking about. I have given specific examples of why that type of thinking is ridiculaous. every punter has different spends and different pools they invest in and decisions should have been made around what was best for the overall tab bottom line,and that means have different approaches for different people based on the circumstances the same applies to the rebates. For example,if someone is getting $10,000 a month in rebates from tote spend,then obviously the tab will be receiving around $30,000-$40,000 a month in tote % takeout from each dollar invested,depending on what bet type the spend is on. So if that punter was say generating an average overall profit of $5000 per month ,which included the rebates in that persons profit loss ledger,then if the tab take aways the rebates,the tab have just made that person now return a loss of $5000. So whats going to happen.Your going to lose that customers tote spend and the $30-40,000 tab income that went with it.In other words to save $10,000 ,you cost yourself $40,000 So there is real bad down sides to the tab knocking the rebates on the head. It doesn't effect me. They reneged on a verbal agreement they had with me a few years ago so i just stopped betting as without the rebates,it wasn't worth the efoort. So your going to get people doing the same thing again,and amny of them are much bigger punters than i was. -
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I don't see in the article, where geo-blocking is mentioned as an option as per the head post.
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Michael sits down for a rare chat with the boss of Entain Australia/New Zealand, Andrew Vouris, to discuss the business & future in Aotearoa, racing & sport wagering, & AUSTRAC. And a trip to Cambridge means a check in with Little Mickey G, who’s heading to the sales in January. Guerin Report – S2 Ep.12 Ft. Andrew Vouris View the full article -
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Cambridge Stud mare Jaarffi (NZ) (Iffraaj) posted yet another stakes placing over the weekend, and trainer Lance Noble is hoping she can be rewarded for her consistency with an elusive black-type victory over summer. The six-year-old daughter of Iffraaj finished third behind Qali Al Farrasha in the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe last Saturday, with Noble believing her wide alley played a significant factor. “She went super, but the barrier draw (11) beat her,” Noble said. “From that barrier draw we had to go back with her and it was pretty hard for the horses to make up a lot of ground on Saturday. The track was perfect, but when it is a perfect track, the ones in front keep running and it makes it a little bit harder for the back markers. I think she ran the fastest last 400m and 200m, so you have got to be happy.” It was Jaarffi’s fourth black-type placing, having also finished runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m), Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m), and Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m), and Noble is hoping she can strike in her next start in the Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa next month. “She is just so honest, it would be nice to crack one, but she is running well,” he said. “We have been patient with her the whole way through, so hopefully being patient might pay off.” On the undercard at Pukekohe, stablemate Mollify (NZ) (So You Think) continued her good run of form when winning the Franklin Long Roofing 2100. It was her second win from four starts since returning to New Zealand earlier this year, and now Noble is setting his sights on some loftier targets. “It was very pleasing, she looks promising,” he said. It was her first time over ground and once they can stay it opens up a few more doors. I am very pleased with the way she is going. “She has come back and has just matured with an extra year on her. She is finding her forte, which is getting up over staying trips. Hopefully we can get her towards something like the Dunstan Stayers’ Final ($125,000, 2400m) on Boxing Day.” Noble has quickly turned his attention to racing this week, where he will have a two-pronged attack at Te Aroha on Wednesday, courtesy of Kitten Heels in the Diprose Miller Maiden 1150 and Hot Card in the Diprose Miller Chartered Accountants 1150, while Group Two winner Habana and Frostfair will head to Ellerslie on Saturday. “Kitten Heels has only had the one start for a nice third. She is going the right way and should run well again,” he said. “I thought Hot Card’s last start was good against some pretty strong company at Ellerslie. I am hopeful with those two and Te Aroha is a nice track.” Noble is also upbeat about the chances of his Ellerslie contenders, particularly Habana (Zoustar) in the Gr.3 Great Northern Challenge Stakes (1600m). “It is set weights and penalties, so he drops quite a lot of weight with the conditions of the race,” he said. “I think he gets 55 kilos, which he hasn’t carried since he was probably a maiden. “I am really happy with him. Things just haven’t gone quite to plan, but he hasn’t been too far away.” View the full article
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