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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Just when I thought Sportingbet.com.au could not get weaker, more incompetent, they prove me wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Noticing that they shortened any horse I backed, I put $1.00 place on one horse at each meeting today (Darwin not open), resulting in immediate shortening:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Bea 7/1 1.92 into 1.72<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Wan 3/9 7.60 into 6.60<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cra 2/4 2.30 into 1.92<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Ora 4/10 4.35 into 3.70<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>PtM 3/3 2.15 into 1.86<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We used to have stronger SP bookies at school 55 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> Racing <racing-bounces@ausrace.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>L.B.Loveday<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 5 March 2018 </span>19:51:43<span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> PM<br><b>To:</b> 'AusRace Racing Discussion List' <racing@ausrace.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [AusRace] Sportingbet.com.au<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Another gutless, incompetent "bookmaker"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cut me to $9 @ 2.00 Place Orange 7/6. Ran at 2.35 Sportsbet and Ladbrokes. Risking $9.00!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Presumably they laid off at 2.35 and made a couple of bucks for God knows how much effort - the minnows manually check each of my bets and decided in this case to risk $9, so why would they not lay it off? Pathetic begets extra pathetic. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Pathetic does not do Sportingbet.com.au justice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>PS, Racing Victoria not only did not acknowledge my complaint against Centrebet's refusal of MBL bets, but did not even reply to my request of acknowledgement of the complaint. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We all know, or should know, whose side those tasked with protecting punters are on - the corporates, not the punters, the corporates, not the on-course bookies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Amazing what being treated to the corporate boxes does to one's principles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>LBL<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>