The various Tabcorp fire-sale promotions this year continue to be manna from heaven for anyone who dreamt of making it in this caper, considering they allow modest punters to compete on a more level playing field against the sharks who enjoy the advantages of secretive kickbacks.

Yet not only has there been ZERO interest here, but discussion has completely ceased everywhere.

And now it's almost too late.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/horserac...6252705474.html

NSW racing minister West is trying to scale Everest by proving that he is even less competent than his predecessors.

By trying to lift the obscene 16% rake.

Hope someone introduces a market on his re-election prospects.

As far as Saturday's go anyway, I can't believe there are still punters who aren't using Betfair if they are able to. It has the biggest collection of mug Bookies available anywhere .... a punters paradise.

http://www.virtualformguide.com/cgi...0809tabsays.txt

By my calculation punters will be slugged an extra $40 million from these so-called reforms.

But Nason claims that punters will benefit.

This is clearly "misleading or deceptive advertising" which the ACCC considers in breach of the Trade Practices Act.

And if punters simply voted with their feet then such rubbish would immediately come a cropper.

Instead punters will probably still patronise the high-rake exotics. And when these jackpot the wise guys will definitely move in to clean up.