..... it says a lot for the good old TAB. Not if your betting shorties though I must admit. The odds are pretty good for everything else but of course you can't do lay bets on the TAB. They would never get away with some of the things [garnishing profits?] Betfair aspires to be able to do.

Sounds like England is the go with Betfair. They have the large betting pools!

I'm not going to mention any names here but like most on-line betting services, with a bit of research you will find that most of them are registered in the Channel isles [tax havens] and all bets actually go through there, not here. Most are also international companies, not Oz.

One rule [you agree too by signing up whether you know it or not] I found in one of these on-line services [haven't checked them all] was that they have the right to void any bet without explanation!