Chief Stipe

Are you OK @Pete Lane - you are posting some really strange stuff.

Implode? LOL you are too scared to post on this site but snipe away in your protected coven.

Doesn't anyone want to race on a Heavy track anymore? 51mm in the last 7 days. It won't get any worse. If there is no surface water...

Who started the point scoring Lane? Oh the irony you got shitty with @Comic Dog and tried to destroy his site, came here didn't get what you wanted, started another site and have now gone full circle. I'm sure many can see your lack of principles. Not to mention that as a moderator on that site you are either not up to speed with the site owners moderation policy or you are applying it selectively.

Then I suggest you find better service providers in the future @SLB2.0. Obviously you havent worked with websites that were the core of the business.

Right I guess I should be flattered that so many spend so much time trying to bring BOAY down. @Larsent - a newcomer with a negative agenda who has made one post and an inaccurate one at that. Would you like me to give you the full run down on: The Singapore Outage; Modern Server Architecture; Bots and Google Active Users?

I care. If you notice most of the animosity is coming from one direction and that isn't me. Lane, McKenzie and co are quite ready to hide behind moderation when it suits them and make the most appalling personal statements. Quite frankly I don't care where either of them chat or post but if they want to hide behind @Comic Dog 's moderation and make comments that are contrary to his site own rules just to stroke his ego then I'm not sitting here quietly. PS: @nomates your nasty posts reflect more on you than me.

LOL They're not registered users ya Muppet!!!!

Here's an example of the BS. @Comic Dog says he'll soon hit 9,000 registered members which is absolutely crap. LOL his site says he already has 11,336 which is also BS. I know I ran the site and saved it from near death for Leo Molloy. I got caught out financially with his grandiose ideas and after the manipulation that was going on behind the scenes I set up BOAY. Remember the big press release when he was partnering with Phillip Quay about being the Trademe of Racing?

Let's make it clear @nomates you and I have never had any dealings other than disagreements in opinion at the time you were buddies with your sidekick @Joe Bloggs . I guess what is evident is people such as yourself gravitate towards like people. Your posts say more about you than me. The fact they are allowed on that site says even more. Keep on banging out the false narrative @nomates.

Sunline Boy why dont you stick to commenting on things you know something about. What I'm not sure.

Pete Lane the psychologist.

As for sniping -

What my post or @Comic Dog 's? I'll stand by my statement that if you are on a modern hosting platform then increasing server resources is relatively seamless.

But they're not. The difference is some losing punters, owners and trainers believe they lost because a winning Jockey "cheated". In reality more often than not their horse just wasn't good enough. Not to mention that some of the whip rules are impossible to enforce without someone sitting in a bunker and rewinding continuously the HD replay watching every single horse.

But who polices these policies in training? Is it about horse welfare or the visuals for the anti-racing brigade?

It's not "deliberately simplistic". What specifically is incorrect with what I posted?

What a load of BS. If you are on a modern hosting platform you essentially just turn the dial to increase performance and disc size.

Amateur hours.

Is it starting at the rest home zimmer circuit?

They haven't lost hundreds of millions yet. Going on precedent they shouldn't lose hundreds of millions. Is that why the share price has increased since the announcement? Not really but it would be your worst post in terms of doing your homework.

You heard it first - here at BOAY!

Entain boss Dean Shannon to depart ahead of AUSTRAC remediation Zoe SamiosBusiness reporter Jun 5, 2025 – 10.05am Dean Shannon, the chief executive of the British bookmaker behind Ladbrokes and Neds, will step down at the end of this month in an attempt to improve the business’ relationship with the financial crimes watchdog. London-listed Entain faces hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for alleged breaches of Australian anti-money-laundering laws between 2018 and last year. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre has sued the British bookmaker, claiming failures in oversight by Entain’s board and senior management resulted in “serious and systemic” non-compliance. The local boss of Ladbrokes’ owner Entain, Dean Shannon, will leave the business. Getty Shannon, who held leadership roles across Ladbrokes and Neds during the period, has agreed to step down and will leave the company by June 30. Sources, who were not authorised to speak publicly, said AUSTRAC had not requested Shannon’s resignation. However, he was told his exit would help the company break from its past. “Dean has put the best interests of the business first and he is trying to get the best possible outcome for the business,” a source close to the matter said. Shannon’s exit will coincide with the completion of a newly created anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism-finance program and the introduction of a new law in New Zealand that effectively gives Entain the exclusive rights for online racing and sports betting. He informed staff of his decision at a virtual town hall meeting on Thursday. Peter V’landys, the chief executive of Racing NSW, described Shannon as a visionary. “I’m very saddened to hear of his resignation,” Vlandys said. “He is so ahead of everyone else – the racing industry has lost greatly here because he understood the punter, he understood the industry, and he is a really nice person.” Entain group chief executive Stella David thanked Shannon for his contribution to the business. “The growth and integration of Neds and Lads into our global portfolio of podium position brands has been a particular highlight, and he has more recently delivered what we believe is a market-leading compliance programme in Australia,” David said. Shannon will be replaced in the interim by Andrew Vouris, a former Tabcorp executive who led Entain’s venture into esports. Vouris was the deputy chief operating officer of wagering and media at Tabcorp and was also involved in the remediation of commercial operations related to Tabcorp’s AUSTRAC proceedings in 2017. He is also a lifelong member of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and has been involved in supporting Indigenous programs and communities as well as Souths Cares, the club’s not-for-profit organisation. “[Andrew] is … an outstanding leader and nobody understands the wagering industry better than him,” said South Sydney Rabbitohs chief executive Blake Solly. A process has commenced for hiring a permanent chief executive. Shannon led Entain Australia from 2019 but was also the inaugural chief executive of Ladbrokes.com.au and founder of Neds.com.au. He built Entain into one of the country’s largest online bookmakers – it had almost 2 million customers last year with a market share of 17 per cent. “He is one of the geniuses,” V’landys said. “I am sure he will come up with something new that will make him millions.” AUSTRAC began investigating Entain in September 2022, months after the company paid British regulators $29 million for similar breaches. The investigation found Entain had allowed 17 high-risk customers to spend more than $152 million without doing appropriate due diligence. Its central allegation is that Entain did not have the right systems in place – such as transaction limits and procedures for international deposits or withdrawals – to manage the risk of money laundering. AUSTRAC alleges Shannon personally reviewed one of the customer’s accounts and decided he was “very low-risk” because he had been wagering for a decade and publicly available information about his wealth matched his spending. The two parties are required to attend a mediation before August 4. Shannon is the fourth senior executive to leave Entain this year. Chief financial officer Lachlan Fitt, general manager of ownership and participation Ryan Stanaway, and managing director of NZ Cameron Rodger have all left the business. The Australian Financial Review does not suggest the exits are related to the AUSTRAC legal action. Entain Australia’s net gaming revenue, a figure used to describe the amount of bets made less the prizes won, fell 8 per cent year-on-year in the quarter ending March 31. It blamed the result on fixtures lost because of bad weather and bad racing results. On its conference call, it described Australia’s betting volumes as “broadly flat”.

He is ex-TABCORP