Hello again. You wrote:

Further down the page there is a heading in bold, "Also for thoroughbred punters..." and this is where it mentions top fluc betting.

I looked again. After that the heading is "Competitive betting ring prices".

You wrote:
"Please tell me the rumblings wouldn't be much louder if an Adelaide bookmaker was taking 5% of punter's profits on bets laid at top fluc".

I guess the point is punters know they are betting top fluc. minus 5%. For many punters, considering $50 bets are accepted, it is probably better than they can do if they went to their local track on a Saturday
and wanted to bet on the interstate races with the few (one?) bookmaker betting the call (usually less) on interstate races.
Apart from the difficulties of even getting anywhere near top odds by trying to place bets from an infrequent call where there can be big price movements.



[ This Message was edited by: The Catparrot on 2002-02-01 11:49 ]