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Racing NSW case gets weaker, whining gets louder

Nothing new here, just more of the same acts of desperation from Peter V'landys and TABCorp.

Copyright is wrong strategy - Bill Saunders

Betfair, Racing NSW still at loggerheads

Betfair punts on revenue in NSW racing row

When I was teaching people how to use Betfair more effectively, sometimes you would just have to throw your hands up in despair when people couldn't work out for themselves that their strategy was completely flawed or they wouldn't learn from their mistakes. I once had a guy who thought it was a great idea to lay a horse at about 30, then if it looked like winning, back it back at 3. He couldn't work out why he'd lost about £50k....

In business, if you put all your eggs in one basket, ignore all the advice from educated people in the field and piss ridiculous amounts of money up the wall, you should be held accountable for it. But as per usual in a government-appointed racing body, it won't happen...

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  1. And at the end of all this Racing NSW will be in the hole millions in legal fees. And will V'Landys and the rest be held accountable? No. With the TAB pulling the strings NSW he will be there until they need a fall guy

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