Chief Stipe Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Check out the image below - notice the abandoned races? Yeah na - nothing to do with a wet track or a sudden snow storm but abandoned because the pools weren't big enough to honour bets. So it is obvious that the Fixed Odds on offer weren't done by a person but by the system. Well I doubt there would be an apprentice bookie practising on formulating a book on some obscure quarter horse racing in the USA in the early hours of a week day morning! Geez it takes them two days after the fields are declared to get a book out for a NZ race meeting! Surely (Curious aside) those betting on these races are "problem gamblers"? They certainly don't attract overseas punters! Do these races really promote the sport? Some appalling hacks running around in the snow with a slow drawling American commentator describing the race with as much imagination as a frozen frog - isn't it sleep inducing? Wouldn't they be better streaming the Polish Women's Volleyball League? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Some of the US races are worth betting on. The Grade races, but most of them are trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, SLB2.0 said: Some of the US races are worth betting on. The Grade races, but most of them are trash. If they are worth betting on is that an admission that punters would rather bet anywhere but at TAB NZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLB2.0 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Of course. No one wants to be into small pools - so yes, they should rid of the product and spend money elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, SLB2.0 said: Of course. No one wants to be into small pools - so yes, they should rid of the product and spend money elsewhere. TAB NZ surely doesn't pay for the provision of those USA races? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 20 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: TAB NZ surely doesn't pay for the provision of those USA races? How else would they get them? Illegally? I did check some out a couple of weeks ago for a possible bet but there was no pricing and the races came up as abandoned before they were run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 17 minutes ago, curious said: How else would they get them? Illegally? I did check some out a couple of weeks ago for a possible bet but there was no pricing and the races came up as abandoned before they were run. Well I hope they only pay on a % of revenue basis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 The worst thing about them, is when they clutter up the Saturday racing programme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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