Brodie

Personally liked the 2 year old racing decades ago when there were good numbers around! Would be good to have them again, but as it has been stated, having 5 horse fields is not going to do anything for attracting punting! We know that these fields are going to be dominated by Allstar, Stonewood and Diamond racing stables! The big problem is the fact that many meetings are now running at a loss and we know why this is! Personally think that without the punters there will be no bonuses needed!!!!!!

Michael, does it actually matter? The country was subjected to so much BS for 6 years and you are worried about nothing? Nothing wrong with healthy debate but lets try and make 2024 more a year of improvement for everything! Christ as a Country we have been decimated by the last bunch of incompetents so heres to a far more successful year surely?

To be fair, Bit Of A Yarn in my unbiased opinion has far more going for it than that other site, that the intelligent posters were banned from! There are still some posters that can post stuff worth debating but the site doesn’t have much grunt to it! BOAY is run very well and we are allowed to post what we like in the main! The other site tends to have some that like having luvfests with each other!

Lol Forbury it was picked up that I got a name wrong hesterday and commented on! How about you use Capitals?

Lol you getting horse names wrong like Brodster, Thing is we see so many horse names and go from memory Gslah! If Royal Deidre was in the first, at her best she would win by 100 metres 😂

Kevin Smith was said to be a Chemist?😂

Lincoln Cadillac 😂 To be fair there have been some minor improvements recently, including bringing the harness fixed odds out earlier than they used to! My biggest issue is the pathetic low limits that are put on certain punters! The TAB so seriously need to change policy if they want to increase turnover and retain their loyal punters before it is too late! They introduced a $2k win minimum for win bets ONLY??????????! Why isnt it $2k for TOP 2,3,4????? They say they want increased turnover, I will guarantee this will occur if they brought this in!

Na it doesn’t go close to be able to work for me! I personally dont wager on many races, concentrate on what I like rather than many races on a card! The TAB are a gambling agency that put the odds up and accept the money from some punters on a horse and yet they wont with others? They only want the good with the good and no winning punters! They have Bookies that set fixed odds and punters should not have to be blackmailed into having to bet tote just so they can have increased limits applied!

Geez Galah, no way on earth would I be considering ever investing 10k a week on the tote just so that I could win 5k on final fields! I reckon this would ensure the punter goes broke! You go putting big amounts on the tote nowadays and your divvie will be not worth the risk, due to pool size! I just want to know why why the TAB is using $1k limit for the AML when it reads as it should be $10k!

Wonder where TAB For Ever has gone? wonder whether he can shed any light on this?

I am sure they would lose Ranga! No Court is going to be allowing a business to treat customers of a gambling business differently! My NZ $ is the same value as someone else’s value!

Lol Not sure why I put Take A Moment, mustve been on the turps? Over in oz many of the pacers still going around are geriatrics and even as old as 15! In NZ our horses for some reason have a much shorter racing career? It is hard to fathom how so many in Oz being of pensioner age can be competitive with the much younger ones!

So they are in effect breaking the law!

Take A Moment at 13 would probably be the oldest horse racing snd winning in NZ at the moment?

Gamma, so you think that being limited to being able to net $20 on a Top 4 bet is fair? They wont let restricted Punters wager $1k! Clearly seems Brodie is correct that the AML limit for punters should be $10k and not the $1k, as no one has come on and said that Brodie is wrong? Why has the TAB persisted with this $1k limit for betting voucher wins, when the AML Act appears to be saying it is $10k? Can anyone advise me where it is written that it is $1k?

The TAB is a betting agency and as such they put up odds that punters can take or leave! The fact that the TAB take bets from the punters they want to bet with them, and not others is blatantly wrong! I am sure if it was taken to Court then the TAB would certainly lose. You are not allowed to show bias or prejudice against anyone nowadays, just because they have written it in their rules, does not mean it is legally or morally right!!

It is just not about Brodie. It is about everyone else that is being segregated and disadvantaged! Punters should be all treated equally, with none getting preferential treatment and others being screwed!

Do you work for the TAB or DIA, Paleface?

Correct Chief, very difficult to find anywhere now, just like the Banks have restrictions as to how much you can get! Control everywhere and not for the better either.

The TAB dont give a rats about harm from gambling, even though they may advertise the fact! The fact that they stop winning punters tells us all that all they want is losing punters and more the better!

Of course I dont want them to know how much I collect! They dont want anyone winning, if you do then they want to stop you! Gambling agency that only want losing punters, but surely if they are in that industry then they have to take the good with the bad?

Where in the AML Act does it say that $1k is the limit to be used by the NZ TAB? The Casino it appears to be $6k transactions! So what is the difference, far easier to launder at a Casino than wagering on a horse surely?

The TAB are using a limit for the Anti Money Laundering Act of $1k. They cited the DIA as putting this limit where if I am reading it correctly the limit for TAB vouchers is $10k. So currently if you collect over $1k you have to personally identify yourself and address! If you want to bet over $1k the same applies on the TAB’s law and yet it says $10k. It is just crazy as I have always maintained people that bet $2 and win $1k should have to identify themselves I can not fathom how this can actually be allowed to continue to happen when it is in black and white, is it not? Yes on account they know who is betting but the part of the Act that I have quoted is for betting Vouchers! Tab needs to come out and explain themselves ASAP!

No there is not plenty to be made Forbury with bet restrictions . The AML limit that I believe the TAB is currently breaking the law would mean you would be needing to identify yourself. You would be heavily restricted if you were winning over $1k regularly.

Brodie has always been totally against the AML limit by the NZ TAB being $1k, as it is pathetically low and stupid! Maybe I am reading it wrong and not understanding it, or is the NZ TAB not playing in terms of the regulations? I reckon it is about control! The amount for AML checking at a Casino is $6k currently so why is the TAB limit $1k? Well I reckon it is meant to be 10 times what it is currently if I am reading the “Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Regulations 2011” version as at 31 July 2023! 15 (iii) clearly states”despite subparagraphs (i) and (ii), if the stored value instrument is a voucher issued by TAB, $10,000 or more, oris capable of being reloaded with $10,000or more in any consecutive 12 month period etc etc. Surely this means that the AML for the NZ TAB is currently $10,000 and not $1,000???????? That is the way it reads is it not??? Personally think the TAB is breaking the law!