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[Chief Stipe]

The Australian races driving a surge in Kiwi turnover for Entain – The Straight

thestraight.com.au

New Zealand punters’ thirst for Australia’s feature races continues to grow with The Everest easily surpassing the Cox Plate as the second most bet on race, but still well behind the Melbourne Cup.https://bitofayarn.com

Entain, which now has a legislated monopoly in New Zealand, reported record Melbourne Cup turnover of $13.6 million in 2025, with more than 20,000 additional active customers compared to 2024.https://bitofayarn.com

That had a knock-on impact for the local Ellerslie meeting that same day, which broke the $5 million mark, a 37 per cent increase on 2024.

The data was confirmed by Entain’s New Zealand managing director Sam Moncur in his monthly update and backs up what Australasian chief Andrew Vouris revealed to The Guerin Report this week.https://bitofayarn.com

He confirmed that on Melbourne Cup Day, there were over ,000 active customers who had never placed a bet on racing before. That comes off the back of the overall active customers in October increasing from 105,600 in 2024 to 117,400 this year. https://bitofayarn.com

The Everest was Entain NZ’s biggest turnover race anywhere in October, generating $1.49 million across the TAB and betcha digital channels.

The Cox Plate generated $1.02 million and the Caulfield Cup $937,000. The Windsor Park Stud Soliloquy Stakes was the leading local event for October at $741,000. Overall, thoroughbred racing turnover for Entain fell in October by 4.8 per cent compared to 2024.

Sports turnover spiked by 72 per cent in October to reach $120.9 million, while turnover across all three NZ racing codes, including overseas, was $180.3 million.

It wasn’t just the Melbourne Cup driving additional engagement. In early November, New Zealand Cup day turnover defied a massive storm which hit the track mid-meeting, reaching $7.7 million, an increase of 9 per cent on 2024.

The previous Saturday, which featured the 1000 Guineas, saw turnover up by 30 per cent year on year. https://bitofayarn.com

[Huey]

So is their breeding industry.

[Chief Stipe]

28 minutes ago, Huey said:

So is their breeding industry.

We are all starting to worry about your state of mind @Huey.  It seems to be getting more and depressed and irrational.

Now you are backing Australian racing when they do everything you despise at level 10 times above NZ.

I gather you have had a bad experience in NZ racing and you havent got over it.

Please share with us your specific issues so we can all work to help get you to move on.

[Huey]

4 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

We are all starting to worry about your state of mind @Huey.  It seems to be getting more and depressed and irrational.

Now you are backing Australian racing when they do everything you despise at level 10 times above NZ.

I gather you have had a bad experience in NZ racing and you havent got over it.

Please share with us your specific issues so we can all work to help get you to move on.

I'm beyond worrying about you @Chief Stipe , your delusion is absolutely scary at this stage. But as I have stated I'm more than willing to help once you actually put your money where your mouth is or rather become a "doer and not a sayer" ...

P.S. My paint brush is right next to the LaZy Boy now , I await your call!