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No self control? You've dipped here often and copied.

Yep. Especially when you practice hypocrisy. Tell me @Dark Beau as an intelligent man is it a tad incongruous that @Pete Lane publically states online that "any forum he is involved with Colin Wightman won't be able to post" ( aka @Transparency ) yet he goes and copy Wightmans Facebook post on the @Comic Dog 's site?!

The only benefit of bet slips I see is if you are doing complicated exotics or multis. Waiting for the hearing aid to be turned up and then going through it again pisses off a lot of people behind you!!

Yep. I've actually watched numerous races and recorded how far the race has run before the odds stop changing.

@Pete Lane can't. As for sleeping Dogs? Yeah Na he's too paranoid to sleep.

Geez @Pete Lane thats the fourth time (at least) you have Vowed And Declared (backed it) you "were gone". What was your comment about psychiatrist's (did I spell it correctly?)???

Uh? Can you elaborate? BTW @Pete Lane hasn't got a clue he has signed up to moderate three forums but got told no on this site. You have to wonder what motivates him especially now that he is a "partner" with the @Comic Dog. The mind boggles.

Yep. That's because there is a delay in updating the tote odds. Why there is delay in have no idea but the big variances 600m into a race is because the computer has just calculated the TAB bookies lay offs.

That's not entirely correct. They offer different bonuses. For example I can CHOOSE an ODDS boost on a race of my choice whereas on the other site they only offer ODDS boost on what they select. I'm surprised @Brodie hasn't sussed this out yet.

@jess it really isn't that hard. At the end of the day just give it a go. The only advice is don't leave your money in the machine. Do you have a TAB account?

To be fair there are a zillion options available on Fixed Odds. I'm not sure what they will do going forward but a tote selling window is becoming redundant for lots of reasons. The new pods are good. Lots of payment options. LOL would be interesting to a tote operator reaction at the races if you turned up with $1,000 in cash and 20 people behind you with 2 mins to the balloon going up.

Well I didn't start it.

So was he a Cantab?

Aren't they called Racecourse Inspectors? The old Racecourse D was really an anachronism of the past and a product of the old Racing Act. Basically according to the rules then you had to be a saint to be allowed entry on a Racecourse.

The number might be wrong as it is a Canterbury one. But not a common name is it?

Might be the wrong one. But this recent article might be a lead. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/stratford-press/news/egmont-racing-club-nonagenarian-stalwarts-long-running-contribution-to-racing

Are there any left? If there are I assume the RIU. I remember my father knew most of them and when I was a kid tagging along met a few of them. Not that he ever did anything wrong except maybe sell his winning tickets for a premium to a guy in a long overcoat and low brimmed hat behind the tote one day. Was one called Muirhead? Or Butterfield?

You can bet on a phone on Tote Odds. But can you see the issue from a Tote Staff perspective? The customer doesn't say what they want and then get issued a ticket and they turn around and say "NO I wanted a Fixed Odds ticket". The tote staff then need to cancel and reissue. By which time the fixed odds have probably changed! I imagine some new customers don't even know what the tote is!!! Perhaps some signage over the tote window! But let's face it - it would probably be cheaper to have transportable betting pods for oncourse and a tote person standing beside helping customers.

Sent you a phone number.

Don't the Yaxley's come from Springfield? I'll PM you some details.

I hear Wightman aka @Transparency is on the warpath on a particular Facebook group site. As usual is only antagonising people. Talks about democracy when that site is hardly the epitome of it. @Bird Cage Bill

Who's "camped in whose head" @nomates, @Pete Lane and @Comic Dog ? LOL

Is there much difference per 1 tenth of a point? E.g. 5.2 vs 5.3?

Where is the evidence they are pushing it? Perhaps they are just assuming that people want Fixed Odds as that is the most popular option. Either way the punter needs to specify otherwise how does the Tote operator know? Then again how many people don't use their phone app to make a bet? What proportion of oncourse punters don't know to specify the bet type? Does it matter to new punters who are just there for a day out? LOL in many respects they are likely to get a bargain if they bet early as often the Fixed Odds meander towards the tote odds. In many respects wouldn't it be in ENTAIN's interest to promote the tote? A bigger tote pool gives them more opportunity to lay off closer to start time.