October
JuneWho knows best?
I’m all for competition in the punting market. But hate it when the goalposts move post-race.
I was fortunate enough to cheer home Klose in the last race at Rosehill on May 21.
I had decided against taking the fixed price on Tattsbet at 18s, preferring to take best tote with my corporate bookie. It was all cheers when it paid $18 plus on Tattsbet.
Being a punter, I decided to play up some of the winnings. Imagine my surprise when I find out that the bookie decides he’s not paying best tote and pays me $3 less because, he says, Tattsbet changed the rules when they declared an inflated dividend.
Tattsbet have advised me that the inflated dividend is unannounced — it just happens sometimes.
The reduced dividend isn’t discovered till the next day when I check my account, which doesn’t help as I’ve played up winnings that weren’t there! Had I known that I wasn’t going to collect the full amount, my next bets would have been different!
Between taking fixed price at the tote, getting a ticket from the machine at less value and corporate bookies taking bets and making promises they don’t keep, it’s enough to make a bloke turn to pokies. Well, maybe not, but I will be talking to my local SP.
Burleigh Heads (Qld)