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Pretty sure it is because Entain are anti tote and also they would be promoting an improvement created by a competitor. Its a lose lose for them. Could also be they are waiting until any kinks in the system are ironed out before a release, but I favour my first theory.

Pointless going to cup day if you are want to get a bet with an oncourse operator, unless you are in a vip area up in the stand away from the drunkards. Show day is much better on course.

That is never going to happen 1. Its too logical and they don't do logic. 2. They do not want to acknowledge one pool

The question is if one pool can challenge New Zealands fixed odds betting model to the extent it is more attractive to punters and could possibly lower the returns to New Zealand racing through fixed odds turnovers decreasing and tote turnovers increasing. Do they turn off access to it even if it benefits the punters greatly?

I think they have recognised it and are trying hard to think about what the best plan of attack is on it. Bigger tote pools give punters better liquidity, greater price stability and make tote betting more attractive which goes right against what they have been creating since they arrived on our shores with fixed odds, boosts, bonus bets, multis etc. Also it is basically a Tabcorp product who Entain are in direct competition with so Entain are in between a rock and a hard place. As an example imagine a one pool win pool getting upwards of 500K where you can put 2K on a $15 runner and the odds would not be affected that much vs the TAB only allowing you on the same bet for $250. It a no brainer the one pool is much more attractive especially for restricted punters. It makes the Entain monopoly look a bit shaky if the pools get as big as I hope they do.

If you vote labour you are also stuck with a coalition with the greens and letting Swarbrick anywhere near the finances would be disastrous. I am not a fan of the capital gains tax at all so will be selling up my investment properties sharpish if they get in as will a lot of people I would say. Could be a big shift overseas for many and not too good for the economy. On the plus side there will be a ton of new immigrants and refugees ready to snap up the properties coming onto the market if Swarbrick gets any say on immigration.

If this were great news for Entain they would be all over it in the media but quite the opposite there is not a peep from them or any of the racing bodies. In fact there is no news coverage of this in NZ in the last few months from what I can see. It is great for NZ punters and I welcome the bigger pools with open arms, as would many others who are on restrictions and bans. If the pools are big enough quite a few might even transition out of Fixed Odds altogether which might boost the pools even higher.

The thing is why would Entain want to merge into a national tote pool? It would be great for the punter but Entain have spent the last five years trying to get rid of the tote by introducing several fixed odds initiatives to dilute the tote pools and switch punters over to fixed odds.

Because they are actively cutting the prize money that keeps owners and trainers in the game, the pressure to extract more out of the remaining betting population is immense. Instead of lowering takeout to drive volume, this useless mob are relying on their legislated monopoly to compress the dividends on exotic bet structures and squeeze the punters who have nowhere else left to bet. Legal thievery at its finest.

Web site has changed. Exotics are there but have to be clicked on tab next to results Website video is now terrible and keeps freezing also no sound adjustment for me now. You would think they would have this sorted before they went live. Brilliant work TAB 💩

What he is saying is run enough races for the owners and trainers and dont' worry about the punters who actually provide the stakes for the trainers and owners. When there are less punters what happens? The stakes get reduced which is what is happening now. If we still had pick six, less restrictions, all the mum and dad punters who got tossed out with tele betting and losing free to air racing, no geo blocking and all the other people who got disillusioned with the stupid decisions of the TAB and who stopped betting because of it, we would have record stakes today and a lot more horses.

The fields in the North this week are dogshit compared to the last few weeks with only the one meeting.

Yes did back it each way and had a few good collects but had some bad luck as well. You have heard of the term 'Rogered' well yesterday I got 'Shereed' Boxed up Louis, Mouton Cadet, Harry Belafonte and Motor Mouth in the Trifecta and First 4 At the 400m I thought I was home until Motor Mouth came off the fence into a wall of horses and the wettest part of the track and got blocked and beaten into fourth by the horse she let up the inside. End result $8280 jackpot instead of it hitting my account. Got the trifecta but still feel like I got robbed.

He is not a great driver in my opinion. If you go back through his drives he is parked more often than not or flying late from the back. Usually got the horse power but toss a coin whether the horse power gets a reasonable trip.

Methven in the wet! Should be a few roughies floating about. R1 Jaspirit Trouble R2 Aspiring Beauty R3 Harry's Gold (I am with you on this one) R4 Morrie Afton R5 Wattlebank Will R6 Tallandfast R7 Destinys Dream R8 Louis R9 Samvasa (Worth a gold coin at that price) R10 Love Walked In R11 Franco Humbie