La Mer,

I trust you're not trying to lure me into a transgression of the Forum T&Cs. Anyway I don't propose to elaborate on my mild observation as that could stir up a hornet's nest.

The important message from my paragraph is that consumers need to be aware of techniques to protect themselves from questionable disclosure.

AusTOTE is by no means Robinson Crusoe in that department. Betfair recently introduced an invisible commission on liquidity enhancers. TAB Limited (NSW) recently hiked Trifecta and FF rakes even more exorbitantly without bothering to inform Internet patrons.

However at least for Win, Place and Quinella, consumers can check the (well-hidden) effective rakes for themselves by going to the trouble of calculating the markets.