QUIETLY MAKING IT BIGI was at Rosehill on Saturday and I met a chap whom I'd written about in PPM for the new February issue. He was pleased I'd kept his identity right out, and wanted me to meet a mate of his.(Oh, a mate? Well, that's a pal, for any overseas readers).His mate uses a similar approach but has rigid staking rules:THREE DOUBLESONE TREBLENo place bets, and one selection per track. No frills there. Easy for all.Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.These tracks can be substituted, of course
QUIETLY MAKING IT BIG
I was at Rosehill on Saturday and I met a chap whom I'd written about in PPM for the new February issue. He was pleased I'd kept his identity right out, and wanted me to meet a mate of his.
(Oh, a mate? Well, that's a pal, for any overseas readers).
His mate uses a similar approach but has rigid staking rules:
THREE DOUBLES
ONE TREBLE
No place bets, and one selection per track. No frills there. Easy for all.
Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
These tracks can be substituted, of course, according to your preferences.
He bets significant amounts by any standards, but let's say $100 for each double and $50 the treble. Call him Jack.
Jack finished tens of thousands in front in the 2009 year and he likes the kudos of someone knowing. So he will share the idea.
He studies the horses like hell to get there.
But he says his profits have increased tenfold since he can take advantage of the national odds; best TAB/SP, or Top Fluctuation.
Yes he goes to the track, to enjoy himself. But over the years he realised that he had to approach his betting as an industry.
$350 a week,
$18200 a year? Actually, add a nought and you're close.
You see, he bets the doubles and trebles by phone and on the net, prior to leaving home. He takes the Top Fluc because he has found that over the past four years it has been a mile in front of the best TAB for him.
This is because he picks favourites. Yes that's right, favourites.
He gave me the three names on Saturday at one o'clock: Bangerang Quikpik, Power and Glory and Sweepstaking.
Two won at $3.80 and $3.20 (top fluc) and the other one lost horribly.
The winning double paid $1216. The others of course all lost.
On our figures, that's $866 for an outlay of $350. I think you'll find that that is 247% on turnover. And he had ten times that with six different services (they get a bit funny if you take large wins out, he says).
I drove home thinking to myself that you can have a great day at the races watching the races and the betting, if only you have the strength to resist other bets!
It also makes even more of a mockery of the mob who claim that punters don't care if they win. All the ones I know sure do!
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