Oh dear, how will they get along without him? Tabcorp has announced its managing director of wagering Robert Nason will quit the company at the end of the year. Nason has been at the forefront of Tabcorp's fight against Betfair and corporate bookmakers. He's now landed an executive post at Telstra in 2010.Robert Nason, of course, is best remembered for his time at Racing Victoria when he famously declared in 2004 that he would shut down the spring carnival if it meant getting rid of Betfair. Ah,

Oh dear, how will they get along without him? Tabcorp has announced its managing director of wagering Robert Nason will quit the company at the end of the year. Nason has been at the forefront of Tabcorp's fight against Betfair and corporate bookmakers. He's now landed an executive post at Telstra in 2010.

Robert Nason, of course, is best remembered for his time at Racing Victoria when he famously declared in 2004 that he would shut down the spring carnival if it meant getting rid of Betfair. Ah, those were the days! Remember when Betfair was going to destroy Australian racing? That it was a greater threat than Al Qaeda? That we were all more or less doomed? Nason led the charge on that one. Which just goes to show...