It's incredibly difficult to make money on a straight win over prolonged period of time on a Tote due to their take.

Exotics are far more complex in the TAB take, as there are so many more combinations, and can offer the best value. Pkus the way I work out exotics is to find out which horses cannot win, rather than look for those that can. Especially attempting to discount favourites as many punters go

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Nearly snatched the Melbourne Cup biggy last year as I opposed Makybe Diva for winning and had On A Jeune, Xcellent, Lachlan River, Leica Falcon, you name it for the first two places. I know it didn't happen, but I had many reasons to take on Makybe Diva, it didn't pay off, but if it had I would be driving a Ferrari now. All for a $230 bet...

Value is the name of the game, especially on the tote, and from my experience the bigger the pool the more chance of finding value and the better chance of making a profit.