Looks like Bob 'Beltem' Bentley of the Australian Racing Board is spoiling for a fight with anyone who disagrees with him, and at the moment that's any bookmaker in sight, as well as Betfair. But the Betfair lads are not taking Bentley's blasts lying down. Aussie Betfair boss Andrew Twaits says: 'It looks like we're back to square one with the ARB, which is disappointing given the progress we've made in building solid relationships in other States...For instance, in addition to paying product fe
Looks like Bob 'Beltem' Bentley of the Australian Racing Board is spoiling for a fight with anyone who disagrees with him, and at the moment that's any bookmaker in sight, as well as Betfair. But the Betfair lads are not taking Bentley's blasts lying down. Aussie Betfair boss Andrew Twaits says: 'It looks like we're back to square one with the ARB, which is disappointing given the progress we've made in building solid relationships in other States...For instance, in addition to paying product fees in Victoria and South Australia, Betfair is sponsoring 15 race clubs in those states...Betfair is not racing's enemy...We're proud of our association with racing and we want to see the sport prosper...The real danger to racing's future is the other products that offer punters a cheaper, simpler and more attractive alternative to betting on racing...The real question that racing industry stakeholders should be asking the sport's administrators is what plans they have to address the massive losses of market share the sport has experienced over the past 25 years.