In The Age today in a good read called "Ten spring lessons" at

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport...7614958722.html

The article mentioned that "The drop in betting could be attributed to the financial demise of some of the country's largest punters."

But do they mention who?

From what i have seen i would think that because a lot of the bookies are cutting back on taking bets they are not putting as much in the tote pools as they used to.