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I could have developed a better site myself for a wee cut of the 50 mill

stood there with a tech savvy bloke or chick, roamed around in circles,

scratchin me head, thinking of improvements from the last site...

It,s just a whole new learning curb and a click fest to achieve what was already achievable on the old site.

Pity help the elderly or newcomers to racing...it may strike up a new legion of followers at TAB,s and increase Pokie profits..

(Ahhh that is what it,s all about ! ...the penny has just dropped)

Admittedly I find less problems getting on and staying on trackside!

easier and taking a treble and next 5 to go ok...BUT juggling between bet types / PDF form etc is no good on the heart rate whilst trying to take jocks,trainers,barrier draws and weight into account whilst looking at start time and getting bet on ! 

 

Come on Winnie, make em accountable ! Its not too late to make the site "user friendly"

The 50 mill would have been better served upping stakes and tempting newcomers into ownership.

 

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4 hours ago, curious said:

They've completely f&*ked themselves and NZ racing at the same time. Brilliant! Won't even have a sports bet there anymore except where they've farked up the odds as they commonly do. It's a wonder sports betting makes any profit at all. Watch the NBA markets for example. I thought this crapsite was supposed to remedy that by automating the updates!

 

Noticed that the "automated" Singapore odds aren't all that quick at reacting to late punts in Singapore itself. So what does the pathetic TAB do?    In the closing minutes someone in the TAB closes off any betting on the late plunger but leave the rest open at the existing odds.

The midnight hour totally throws the website into a tizz. The popups like quinella prices, betting movers either don't come up or else the wrong meeting comes up. Several other bits and pieces lose their slippers as well after midnight.

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1 hour ago, The Centaur said:

Noticed that the "automated" Singapore odds aren't all that quick at reacting to late punts in Singapore itself. So what does the pathetic TAB do?    In the closing minutes someone in the TAB closes off any betting on the late plunger but leave the rest open at the existing odds.

The midnight hour totally throws the website into a tizz. The popups like quinella prices, betting movers either don't come up or else the wrong meeting comes up. Several other bits and pieces lose their slippers as well after midnight.

A clear case of too many ugly sisters and no Cinderella? ? 

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Plenty of wise after the event comments now but where were all the comments when this Openbet/PaddyPower was first mooted. Most were of the ilk "TAB must modernise", "it will take them into the 21st century.","Jet Bet is antiquated", "Must move forward with technology" etc etc blah blah blah. On Racecafe I said from day one this was solely for sports betting and a disaster for racing. The Racecafe self appointed guru supreme running under alias p4p was in favour so  the Racecafe  non thinking poodles all fell in line. Heavens above can't go against what god says that's just not allowed on Racecafe.

Well as in so any instance the p4p character is horribly wrong again. Total dreamer as well if he thinks he might get on the board. with a list of abuse stretching fifteen years those chances are nil.

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I checked out the marvelous new TAB site yesterday and felt fifty eight thousand dollars seemed a high price to have paid for it. I lined up a bet only to find they closed the race two minutes before it started. When I did get on for another race the dividends were totally out of whack. Took forever to declare dividends and pay out etc etc.

When they crossed the finishing line, Trackside often put up the wrong horses or just put up photo despite things being clear cut. These are all fundamentals that don't exactly build confidence in the operation.

I was interested in a race from Tokyo, Horses name was Mr O Net. Fixed odds of 1.38. Wins easily and the dividend paid out on the tote was a remarkable $12.50. 

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, The Centaur said:

Plenty of wise after the event comments now but where were all the comments when this Openbet/PaddyPower was first mooted. Most were of the ilk "TAB must modernise", "it will take them into the 21st century.","Jet Bet is antiquated", "Must move forward with technology" etc etc blah blah blah. On Racecafe I said from day one this was solely for sports betting and a disaster for racing. The Racecafe self appointed guru supreme running under alias p4p was in favour so  the Racecafe  non thinking poodles all fell in line. Heavens above can't go against what god says that's just not allowed on Racecafe.

Well as in so any instance the p4p character is horribly wrong again. Total dreamer as well if he thinks he might get on the board. with a list of abuse stretching fifteen years those chances are nil.

Yes but surely no one in their wildest dreams thought it would be this bad!

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On 6/03/2019 at 7:41 AM, Joe Kidd said:

I checked out the marvelous new TAB site yesterday and felt fifty eight thousand dollars seemed a high price to have paid for it. I lined up a bet only to find they closed the race two minutes before it started. When I did get on for another race the dividends were totally out of whack. Took forever to declare dividends and pay out etc etc.

When they crossed the finishing line, Trackside often put up the wrong horses or just put up photo despite things being clear cut. These are all fundamentals that don't exactly build confidence in the operation.

I was interested in a race from Tokyo, Horses name was Mr O Net. Fixed odds of 1.38. Wins easily and the dividend paid out on the tote was a remarkable $12.50. 

 

 

 

I put $5 on a dog in Aus that was $1.30 fixed, and paying $71 tote. It wins easily, and $71 comes up on screen. Then had to wait at least an hour before money went into account. Don't ask how much went in, but it was not $71, more like $4. I only did it as an exercise to see what happened.

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Not a word so far from Bernard Saundry with regard the new website when it is of vital importance to thoroughbred racing.

All the NZTR bigwigs hid behind the Delloites report and weren't prepared to come out equivocally themselves "This is bad for racing".

There is just nothing in this website that can grow racing. Best solution ditch it and start from scratch.

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1 hour ago, The Centaur said:

Not a word so far from Bernard Saundry with regard the new website when it is of vital importance to thoroughbred racing.

All the NZTR bigwigs hid behind the Delloites report and weren't prepared to come out equivocally themselves "This is bad for racing".

There is just nothing in this website that can grow racing. Best solution ditch it and start from scratch.

In fact it is getting worse in my opinion. More often cuts you off in the middle of putting a bet on and you have to go through the 50 clicks just to get back to where you were.

The win/place, trifecta, quinella and first four pool amounts disappearing after the closing time is just ludicrous.

They can get rid of the pools after closing time but a bloody betslip from five races ago can sit there on the side and bugger up other bets you are trying to put on. 

A lot of my friends have ditched putting a bet on via internet and will go to the TAB instead or not bet. This must be hurting the turnover and heads should roll if it is!

 

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I note the crapsite has now updated their results page, we once again have to click and scroll down for each individual race again instead of having all the results for the meeting on the same page, once again proving they have zero fucking clue to what the customer wants (the few they have left that is)

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2 hours ago, CrossCodes said:

I note the crapsite has now updated their results page, we once again have to click and scroll down for each individual race again instead of having all the results for the meeting on the same page, once again proving they have zero fucking clue to what the customer wants (the few they have left that is)

Hit "expand all"

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8 hours ago, Kihikihi Kid said:

Bring back Prov Results page, funnily enough , about the only page that worked , ironic

Yes certainly was refreshing. Comprehensive, quick, non time waster.

Thats something TAB software programmers don't appreciate.i.e. everyones time is precious. Punters react negatively to their time being devalued. I started clipform.net 20 years ago to speed up form research..  Its still used by say TV presenters, bookies, pro punters, agents etc who value their own time. Over the twenty years the format has stayed the same. Be great to have a tiny portion of TAB budget to make improvements.

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