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Sponsorship from Corporate Bookmakers
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Thumper
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Does anybody know why Perth Racing does not accept sponsorship from Corporate Bookmakers. Like it or not they are entrenched in Australian racing culture now so shouldn't WA be embracing them and getting as much as we can out of them. As far as I know we are the only state that has resisted. I'm sure PR could do with the extra dollars.
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Owners have corporate accounts
Trainers have corporate accounts
Jockeys have corporate accounts
Breeders have corporate accounts
The list goes on...
and yet Racing in Perth who could do with the extra funds won't. It would be for the better good of the local racing industry.
Yet RWWA have engaged Centrebet to manage our fixed odds service, Player.
The mind boggles at the stupidity!
Remember they even tried to have Betfair banned here in WA!
as somebody suggested, terms on the committee should be 8 years providing a rotary of new blood.
of course that would mean a complete overhaul of the consitution.
Have you asked them directly why they don't Thumper??? Maybe it falls into the Nicko's, Hollands, race book scenarios..that is how it is always been done...
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Lick - certainly not. Corporate Bookmakers are legal and contribute to the industry via taxes. The fact that that they pay a much smaller turnover tax than the TAB is why short minded people claim they are the enemy rather than embracing them. I like almost every punter I know use corporates exclusively because they offer a superior product to the tab. If I was forced to use the tab my turnover would plummet and my contribution via taxes would largely be unchanged.
Hence if you can't beat them (and the tab can't) then join them and milk them for as much as possible.
But your comment --
Hence if you can't beat them (and the tab can't) then join them and milk them for as much as possible.
--- I think the tabs DO beat them in many areas and if they tried and had nous at all could beat them in a hell of a lot more areas. Unfortunately for punters and for the racing codes as well they do not even try.
Anway this thread changed course pretty quickly. They may ban punters but they will always be here. We should be milking them. Somebody remind me the last time prizemoney went up in WA.