In yesterday's Telegraph the racing editor wrote that Tabcorp supremo Robert Nason revealed that Tabcorp would soon announce a series of innovative betting dividends that will prove a bonanza for punters.

Having just studied that article, my bet is that it is just Nason's way of pretending to be doing something when actually nothing will happen.

The Spring Internet merging initiatives have produced a backlog of problems that will literally take at least a year to patch up. TABCorp also claim they will never get the Internet speed back to what it was.

I'll be amazed if they can introduce bonanza innovations without considerable Internet development.

The main thrust of that article is merging of pools. The resultant removal of competition could well have an adverse effect on turnover, and who his going to risk their job by approving the mergers?

One thing merging should do is give Betfair a huge boost. The pools will be less volatile early making it easy for the ever-growing number of astute players to find value on Betfair.

In case anyone is still holding their breath for an imminent rash of Nason-induced punter-friendly initiatives, consider these news headlines currently being trumpeted at the TABCorp site.

Competitors must be quaking in their white shoes.

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NEWS HEADLINES
07/11/06
Refund information 24 - efficient
30/09/06
Racing from around the world this weekend
24/06/05
Trifecta take out rate slashed this saturday!
19/11/04
Try the melbourne cup website

Daily Telegraph.??

Ho Ho.More lies told in that rag than in the old Melb Truth.

Cheers.
darky

The TABCORP website is going well again this morning - still no scratchings at 11:00 am.

Cheers,
Blacksnake

Interesting announcement.

http://www.racingandsports.com.au/r...t.asp?NID=98300

Should make for some cute arbitraging opportunities.