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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I dunno if it counts as internet
betting or not, but I was betting into the WA TAB a zillion years
ago, with a system that was know as VIATEL.<br>
In my case it was via a modem connected to my Commodore 64 and
must have been at least 30 years ago, but probably a lot more!<br>
My memory is not so good as I get old and grey, but I am pretty
sure I would have been betting Vic Tab if similar was available
there then.<br>
SteveB<br>
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On 28/01/2017 2:16 PM, Greg Conroy wrote:<br>
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Thanks Nick,
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<div class="">But you’re wrong with WATAB (which launched Ozbet).</div>
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<div class="">The reason why I know? I was involved in the first
site (iBet) at NSW TAB and both WA TAB and NSW TAB had IBM
systems contracts.</div>
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<div class="">We had to work with IBM and Telstra to help create
‘digital certificates’ via what they called The IBM World
Registry. </div>
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<div class="">Without that technology, internet betting was
inherently insecure. </div>
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<div class="">From our IBM contacts, we were also aware they were
helping WA TAB do similar so it was a bit of a competition as to
who could launch first. We did so a few months before them.</div>
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<div class="">When they launched, there’s a funny story actually. </div>
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<div class="">One of their developers had setup a 404 error
redirect to go to a porn site. I was looking at their newly
launched site and found this very embarrassing error page. Back
then (1995/96) the tools to take screen shots and even email
that to them were quite primitive.</div>
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<div class="">NSW TAB’s email system, for example, couldn’t handle
images. I think I contacted our Raceday Control to find their
Fax number (all the tabs communicated via Fax back then) and
then I printed this page and faxed it to them. </div>
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<div class="">They managed to remove it just before the public
launch, helped by the 2 hour delay in time zones!</div>
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<div class="">So certainly we were the first at NSW TAB with
iBet. </div>
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<div class="">And as as aside, there’s also a story with Qld TAB.
They sent one of their programmers to Sydney to sit with me for
2 weeks and I showed him how we created our site. He basically
copied the structure and that’s the basis of the QTAB/Tatts/Ubet
site even 20 years later (although now being revamped under
Ubet).</div>
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<div class="">Those were the days when all the TABs were friendly
state rivals - we even played cricket against each other.</div>
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<div class="">Greg</div>
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<div class="">On 28 Jan 2017, at 1:31 pm, Nick at Twonix
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nick.aubrey@twonix.com" class="">nick.aubrey@twonix.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hi
Greg,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Thanks
for the quiz … but IMHO you didn’t have the right
answer to Qn 10. The question asks who was the first
operator to offer internet betting. I believe it
was WA TAB … both NSW and QLD offered dedicated
hand held devices that connected via the internet to
their networks … but WA TAB was the only operator
that just used the Internet.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Cheers,<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></div>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">AN<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></div>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a
moz-do-not-send="true" name="_MailEndCompose"
class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"
class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></a></div>
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class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""
lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif;" class="" lang="EN-US"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Racing [<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:racing-bounces@ausrace.com"
class="">mailto:racing-bounces@ausrace.com</a>]<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
class="">On Behalf Of<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Greg
Conroy<br class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday,
27 January 2017 10:10 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ausrace
Racing <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:racing@ausrace.com" class="">racing@ausrace.com</a>><br
class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[AusRace]
Not a test - well, yes a test of sorts ...<o:p
class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p
class=""> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Been
a bit quiet all?<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p
class=""> </o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I
expect most of you to score 90% or 100% in this … <o:p
class=""></o:p></div>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p
class=""> </o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">There
is a tricky question, Q 10 … see how you go.<o:p
class=""></o:p></div>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p
class=""> </o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Punting
quiz I put together … <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bit.ly/2ksvFbR" style="color: purple;
text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://bit.ly/2ksvFbR</a><o:p
class=""></o:p></div>
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class=""> </o:p></div>
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Cheers. <o:p
class=""></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"
class="">Greg Conroy, Inventor of Award
Winning and Free:<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 90, 246);"
class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.rewardbet.com/"
style="color: purple; text-decoration:
underline;" class="">www.rewardbet.com</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> …
more: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://promo.rewardbet.com/"
style="color: purple; text-decoration:
underline;" class=""><span
style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"
class="">http://promo.rewardbet.com/</span></a><o:p
class=""></o:p></div>
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<div class="">Greg Conroy, Inventor of Award Winning and
Free:</div>
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class="" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.rewardbet.com" class="">www.rewardbet.com</a>
… more: </font></font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://promo.rewardbet.com/" style="font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">http://promo.rewardbet.com/</a></div>
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