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The Tasmanian TAB in no longer with Supertab (is with UBet) but when it was and was paying significant rebates it actually lost money in the last couple of years before its sale to Tatts.
Agreed the dicidends will change if the favourite has more than a third of the pool and misses the place.
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But one day even a Black Caviar will miss a place - the risk is there. These rebates come from the tabs slice ? Hmmm..couldn't that money perhaps be used more wisely ?
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Whether the tab should be 'rewarding' that is debatable. Actually coming to think of it...why does the tab do it ?
Am sure rebate punters don't just do place bets...algorithms etc come into play on other bets, and knowing you are getting a rebate doesn't that increase your % chances of winning ? It has to give you an edge doesn't it ? For the tab its high volume turnover - found the reason why the tab does it!!
Perhaps a high roller deserves good treatment ?
There is still a risk factor, but just a little less risk than the rest of us. It's a way to keep the high rollers rolling. Fair play or not ? Just putting it out there...
At least Tabcorp shelved plans to increase takeout rates for weekend racing. Goodness gracious how high did they want to go?!! That's worth googling.
Another one to read about is the punter who won $250,000 on Tabcorps Trackside game...auditors, officials, were all sent in...couldn't find anything wrong with the machine, but couldn't locate the punter either! Strange goings on there - think that was a few years ago.