It doesn't deserve it's own thread, it deserves nothing less than a national enquiry.

The whole horse racing game is rigged right from the start, so that as soon as you look like making a buck or two you are forced to bet on the tote against other punters, and the government automatically gets 15% of your bet amount.

I am only new to the racing game but I find it sickening that some bookies own 13 sports cars but won't accept a bet over $100. They are spineless pieces of sh!t. All of them.

A quick scan just of the gallops on unitab today shows that the governments cut of todays pool sizes was $300,000. That is just the gallops on one tote on a midweek meeting. No wonder the government won't force the bookies to accept minimum bet sizes by law, they want you to bet on the tote. Rigged!

We need to establish a punters union.

Watch the government sh!t themselves when no-one is betting.

Not happy, end of rant!