Brodie

OTG, just started today! Just a Greyhound show, that is all they talk about! Need to change the name of the show to “ Greyhound same race multi”! Has Andy McCook been knighted as they call him Sir Andy?

They are promoting the punting on NZ greyhounds and so it is pretty ironic when they are going to be closed down in 7 or 8 months!

Rest assured it wasnt Brodie. Dont touch gallops and far too short to be offloading on! The boosted odds are not worth the effort as the limits on amounts able to be wagered are pretty pitiful.

Good to see that they are finishing with the 12k 2 year old bonus, as it has not done what it was meant to do, but then who would've thought? It is long overdue for HRNZ to actually become financially frugal, but then it is probably too late, but we will see! I believe that there are a lot that derive their income from harness racing still believing that everything is Ok as this is what has come from HRNZ! Chucking around Entain money just because it was there is not s business plan that was ever going to work medium term. There is going to need to be a helluva lot of belt tightening from many parties for it to be able to sustain the industry in the next decade. Punters and ownership needs to be encouraged.

Why do they need to be given all this free money to bet with? Going to be interesting to see if OTG js continued in the New Year? Hardly encouraging harness racing when they mostly offload on these Same Race Multis on the Greyhounds, which are going to be terminated from NZ in July! Thursday nights now has emphasis on the Dish Lickers which is unfortunate I wouldve thought, as it takes very little skill to be wagering on them!

Seemed to be a well run Juniors Championship, with a good group of Juniors competing. Certainly need s lot more Juniors to be coming through, but are there many in the wings? Well cone go Carter Dalgety for winning the Championship for the first time and great to see a male win it for a change. Surprised at how well Monika Ranger did, but congratulations to her and all the others.

If it attracts a lot of new participants to the racing industry then that is a positive for having the show! Think it is not a great look the way they are not betting responsibly despite what the TAB advertises! When they put on $500 and it loses, they always say it was only a little bet or something along those lines, as if it is a pittance and doesnt matter!! And yet the TAB is restricting some punters to amounts of 20% of that amount as a maximum bet??? It is total hypocrisy and needs to be seriously addressed, as it is blatantly WRONG!

Is “Out The Gate” bring dropped permanently or just over Xmas New Year? Hopefully it is permanently but is it due to them finally making money? Lol The idea is possibly ok but the way they operate on the Thursday night is poorly executed! They mainly punt on the greyhounds Same race multi this, multi this, blah blah blah! They are allowed to wager whatever they want with no restrictions which is in contrast to the some of the genuine loyal punters of the TAB! If these employees are allowed to punt with no restrictions then it has to be the same for all punters! wonder whether it has attracted any new punters or turned off existing punters from watching? They be stuffed once the Greyhounds in NZ are terminated.

Galah, not sure I agree with you in regards to the current HRNZ Board having too much business success?

Reality is that if they don’t pull their heads in and act with financial acumen now, harness in NZ will be like the racing was like at Parklands Queensland on a Tuesday arvo when it closed down! We need people who have business success not just mates of mates!

Taupiri, let the restricted punters on for what these employees of the TAB are allowed! Anyone with any sense of fairness can see that this policy that allows OTG to wager as much as they want on any bet and with no restrictions, when they restrict non employess is blatantly misguided! Brodie is more than happy for them to punt away on the greyhound favourites but then everyone should be allowed the same luxury! Hope the boys keep the winning up but they need to talk to management about how unjust the current policy is! At the end of the day Andrew Vouros did say he wanted to increase turnover!

Totally Irrelevant, it is Out The Gate punting an unrestricted amount of money at full odds with no slashing of odds, for a group, not individuals! if it is 300 people punting at the same time then the odds would be slashed accordingly. It is about the liability to the TAB for each bet and it is just a continuation of how the TAB treats some very loyal punters poorly, whereas others get favouritism! This policy of treating punters differently has gone on for a long time but does not make it right, and if you knew the full story then you would understand more!

Great that they are winning betting on Greyhounds. what it does show though is the ethics of the TAB! Dont get me wrong I hope they continue to win for those that continue to chuck their hard earned into the pot each week! What is morally wrong is the way that their employees are allowed to wager any amount they want and have no limits as to how much they can win!!!! Whereas if you are not an employee of the TAB you are restricted to a net very little and also stopped from taking some of the options available to others! Will be very Interesting To see if the hypocrisy and favouritism to some is allowed to continue as any other punter in NZ would now be restricted to winning buggerall.

Gamma, exactly you are on the money. False economics from HRNZ , they are butchering the money from Entain andgiving false info to participants. Personally luv the low stake racing far better than the high stake races. Why is it that we can see the writing on the wall and yet HRNZ can not? Wonder if has anything to do with being paid big salaries?

There is absolute no way that stakes are going to be anywhere near as high as what they are currently, once the 5 years is up! The North Island stakes will be significantly less and costs wont be dropping. Not sure how much of the $900million has been used up already with stakes and promised bonuses, but someone with financial intelligence needs to be appointed pronto! Punters need to be encouraged rather than discouraged, despite what they are trying to tell us. Giving away bonus bets and bonus cash is manipulating turnover figures.