Yup. Delusional.
Welcome to the world of punters, I do believe you have found a home...lol

I'm not interested in losing money. If I find that's the case, then I'll pull the pin and stick to my MMA & the market. Simple as that.

Bon,

Most of the punters here have been at it for more than 18mths. Many more than 18yrs. How many of them do you think make a profit and they [most]are by no means slow witted people? About 5% profit makers would be a big call.

They do love the game though and if you don't and aren't prepared to put in a lot of very hard yards, you have no chance whatsoever. There is no easy money to be made in Racing.

With regard to the Late Scratching and No Third Div, mentioned earlier --- what defines a late scratching? Anything after the initial declarations in the morning? 5 mins before the race?

Good to know a Late Scratch will still pay 3rd Div though, useful, cheers.

Crash, another anomaly, I had a bet once for a place 5 runners (i.e. 1st & 2nd) there was 2 late scratchings, my horse finished 3rd, and they ( I won't say who) counted my bet as a loser. "OFFICIALLY "TWO PLACE DIVIES WERE RETURNED"

After reading their rules, they stated that any less than 5 runners, that all bets for the place were VOID, now; as I'd had $500 for the place I pursued this rule, and was duly re-embursed the $500 PLUS a free $50 bet because of their mistake!!

I was exstactic, and it cemented my account with Sp, ah, you'll have to guess!

Party,

The last time I saw an SP bookie [operating out of his boot] , was up in Dampier when I was working at the mines up there back in the early 70's.

Yeah, I was with that Sp.... mob for awhile. They have a bit of a bad rep. for cutting off accounts apparently.


Userper,

A late scratching is any scratching announced after official scratchings. Usually at the barrier though.

is there any online betting calculator that can calculate the bet cost/value of each bet?

for example, if i was to have a trifecta consisting of 2,4,3,5/4,3,5,6,7/4,3,5,6,7,8

is there a calculator I can use to help me calculate the cost?

Use a calculator duh!

whats the formula?

C2+b1=(d3* blah blah blah)

4 horses x 4 horses x 4 horses = 64 horses etc etc.