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Racing Today 1 September 2021 - 2 NZ and 5 OZ meetings.


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On 1/09/2021 at 2:47 PM, Huey said:

Pools in NZ are certainly looking smaller? than usual,  thought there might have been a pick up given the break.

Pools very small today again , has to be an access to having a bet that is the problem , or maybe all the Aussie punters aren't up yet .

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1 minute ago, nomates said:

Pools very small today again , has to be an access to having a bet that is the problem , or maybe all the Aussie punters aren't up yet .

Yes 11k & 5k in the 2yo at Wanganui, however probably put that down to lack of form. But the next at TR doesn't look inspiring.

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3 hours ago, nomates said:

pool got out to about 25k , R3 at the Valley win pool 300k .

Wow that is a real worry, have to think today a few short priced favs missed out so the bookies must have been happy on it. However 25k for a race like that sums up well where we are heading.

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9 minutes ago, nomates said:

That is very polite , if i were running NZ racing i would crapping myself if this is the new norm .

I do believe Covid is playing a large part in people not being able to get bets on and deposit money .

For the sake of the industry certainly hope so.

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10 hours ago, nomates said:

That is very polite , if i were running NZ racing i would crapping myself if this is the new norm .

I do believe Covid is playing a large part in people not being able to get bets on and deposit money .

Do you think so?

I'm no punter, just have the occasional (very) small wager, but Covid-19 has zero impact on me being able to deposit funds, and then having that little bet.

Surely any serious punter would find it just as easy?

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2 hours ago, Freda said:

Do you think so?

I'm no punter, just have the occasional (very) small wager, but Covid-19 has zero impact on me being able to deposit funds, and then having that little bet.

Surely any serious punter would find it just as easy?

Perhaps it shows just how dependent we are on those smaller punters that go along week in week out ,who may not be bothered with the card deposits.

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3 minutes ago, Huey said:

Perhaps it shows just how dependent we are on those smaller punters that go along week in week out ,who may not be bothered with the card deposits.

I think if they can't be bothered, especially in lock down, we certainly shouldn't be relying on them.

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Globally last year, overall gambling reduced because of lack of access to land based gambling. In NZ, that had a positive impact subsequently on problem gambling. A post lock down re-assessment in June 2020, found that reduction in gambling relative to pre-pandemic was maintained, and that the proportion worrying about their gambling reduced from 17% during the lockdown to 11%.

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29 minutes ago, curious said:

Globally last year, overall gambling reduced because of lack of access to land based gambling. In NZ, that had a positive impact subsequently on problem gambling. A post lock down re-assessment in June 2020, found that reduction in gambling relative to pre-pandemic was maintained, and that the proportion worrying about their gambling reduced from 17% during the lockdown to 11%.

Yes instead of worrying about their gambling, the lockdowns made them worry about their livelihoods. 

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3 hours ago, Freda said:

Do you think so?

I'm no punter, just have the occasional (very) small wager, but Covid-19 has zero impact on me being able to deposit funds, and then having that little bet.

Surely any serious punter would find it just as easy?

A large portion of our punters are just working class low wage earners , go into any pubtab or TAB and have a look around , large majority go to the TAB and bet thru a few hours , especially in pub tabs , i see a large number just walk into my TAB and put their bets on for the day then go home to watch .

The change to minimum cost bets on phone bet stopped people having them and either stopping or just putting a few on at start of the day .

A lot of low wage earners don't have credit cards so even if they do have phone accts can't top up .

So if people can't access putting bets on at start of day or access topping up accts then i can see how it would impact turnover .

I'm not saying this is the full answer but i can see it being in some way part of it .

I hope .

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