Comparison between AusTote and TAB Limited (aka NSW).

3,223 most recent races.

pre-Commission deduction

$	Aus/NSW
1	+17.2%
2	+17.9%
3	+19.2%
4	+17.2%
5	+19.3%
6	+17.9%
7	+20.1%
8	+22.0%
9	+21.2%
10	+19.0%
20	+21.2%
30	+22.7%
40	+39.0%
50	+38.6%

Fascinating .
Much appreciated.
Cheers.
darky.

After noting the huge AusTote premiums on favourite Makybe Diva and some poor returns on longshots I started to wonder whether favourites were relatively underbet on AusTote and hence even better value.

So I tried that test which did not confirm my suspicions.

This one seems more conclusive.

Ignore NSW divs >= $60 (aka flukes)

It appears the roughest 3rd of NSW winners pays even better on AusTote.

NSW	Wins	Aus/NSW
< $7	2,112	+18.3%
>= $7	1,093	+22.3%

JFC.

For such an important bit of quality information I would of thought you would get a better response from the punters than this.

Cheers.
darky.

DD,

I've been wondering that myself. But I can understand how most would not like to risk getting unwittingly involved with one further tedious interminable exchange where every phrase of mine is then subjected to analysis paralysis.

I normally put my bets on AusTote before the 20 minutes curfew so as to minimise rake, and therefore don't watch final pools much.

But my guess is that someone bets late to try and take any excess cream off the popular picks. The longshot prices are probably ignored and haphazardly benefit from this tote-crushing.

I can see your point.

Analyisis paralyisis / Yes ./It then just becomes tedious and boring and the whole point of the thread is lost.

I for one will gladly accept your figures with thanks.

Cheers.
darky

Don't mistake silence for lack of interest. Personally I found the first post a bit cryptic so wasn't sure what was going on but now I've got the drift I agree, very interesting.

KV

Well, can you let me in on it, KV? I still find it cryptic. Obviously, the figures suggest that using Austote is better than the TAB, but apart from that, I'm afraid I don't quite understand them.

..... or do the figures show that backing longshots on Austote does even better than backing favourites?

Morning all. The reason that very few are "interested" is that these kinds of stats only have relevance IF you were betting every horse in every race.Then you would win more (or lose less) on the favs, in general, on any tote OR with any bookie, as is already well known. This is because the favs are OBVIOUSLY in with some chance while the outsiders are often deliberately sent for practice, to get race fit etc etc but NOT to win (ie you shouldn't bet those ones). The reason JFC is so "tediously" taken to task so often is that (perhaps) he can only see one way to select horses and that he then alienates the other punters by using "provocative" comments like in POST 3, where the "surprise" winners (not to those who bet them!!) are "aka flukes" despite the many times that the same horse OR that horse's trainer pulls off these flukes. Stats can NEVER tell the whole story and my new thread will expand on this theme; ie why stats are a waste of time for "serious" punters (in horseracing). Cheers....... until soon.