Surely obtaining the best value is paramount to a punter's success and profit?

The problem is the TAB is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the final dividend will be.

Betfair is doing so well because of the less takeout = lower market percentages.

Even a $100 a week punter is turning over $5,000 per annum.

A quick review of TAB vs SP even shows that the shorter end of the market (say first four in line of betting) is favourable to the SP prices, while the longer priced horses (bolters) are more favoured to the TAB prices.

Then we have Betfair and IAS which are even better in some instances.

It's just shopping around for the best deal.

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