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    • It is not always about who has the best product. Tabcorp probably would have also been the best partner for the upgrade of the TAB website back in 2019 but for reasons unknown the TAB decided to pay an obscene amount of money to SG Digital's OpenBet to give them the contract. Glen Saville the ex TAB betting manager and one of the main instigators of getting SG Digital's OpenBet platform across the line is now working for SG Digital in a nice juicy role in Las Vegas. 
    • Entain is coming up on a year of running the TAB on 1st June 2024. Nothing much has changed. In fact I would argue things have gotten worse for the punter. The website is still shit with breakdowns on the busiest days. We have lost two iconic types of bets in the place six and pick six. Tote pools are getting smaller. On the 1st June 2025 thats when things will really get bad as I think quite a few of the physical TAB's and pub machines will be given their marching orders and betting restrictions will really start to kick in for anyone that is deemed a slight risk to their bottom line.  Despite Entain bosses saying things will be rosy in the years to come I can not see it getting any better for the punter. 
    • I think its only in 4 states in australia.victoria,western australia,tasmania and act.Victoria only started racing on good friday a couple of years ago. I think they make some of those meetings about raising funds for charities, to give it the appearance of being more socially acceptable.  gammalite would know. I don't think queensland allow it.  
    • I guess if they close-up greyhound racing that would change things, we could easily basically have 5 days a week.only, no need for trackside presenters 7 days a week. As for Addington was once 2nd best day of the year at Easter, being a day meet and on trackside 2 will be pushed nto background, add in the fact their are other sport/ attractions, if not at night then maybe race Easter Monday instead, just a thought, maybe Motukarara race Saturday instead or just have a holiday instead. Do we need racing everyday, we'll Easter is 2 days off, it's not the end of the world. No real reason even if greyhounds keep going could easily still race 5 days a week, it must cost a lot to send a tv crew to cover some of these meetings which produce small turnovers. Sky are cutting back, maybe Trackside would be more profitable not sending a tv crew for some of these meetings.
    • Entains revenue in australia was down more % wise than TABCORP.I mentioned that in an earlier post. Entain recently reported a global loss of 936.5 million pounds..So thats a loss of $1,966 million nz dollars. TABCORP is aiming to have a 30% market share of the australian gambling market.Entain say they have a 17% share. In august 2023 entain laid off 50 jobs. A report said cost cutting and numbers employed had occured across entains global business.It had employed about 800 people last year in australia but that number had reportedly been reduced by about 80 in 2023.  the australian anti money laundering watchdog has an ongoing investigation which could cost their australian branch of entain up to $22 million. I would have thought it just common sense that tabcorp,with almost double the market share and customers of australian wagering, when compared to entain,could generate the greater $ spend on products like nz harness. The turnovers i've quoted backs that up. Obviously entain sweetened the deal enough for nz to think it was the better deal. Also,its the sports betting entain wanted most from nz.My point is was it a   shortsighted decsion to go with enatin and should there not have been more focus on the overall long term health of the industry.  
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