By Bruce Teague
It all started in the late 1980s when SKY pictures of live racing arrived on the scene. It mattered little where you were, the pictures popped up all over the country — incidentally making regional and state boundaries meaningless to viewers.
That followed almost three decades of expanding betting opportunities as TABs boosted their product range and went to where the punters were. Pubs, social clubs and suburban TAB outlets came to the fore, racecourse crowds declined and with them bookmaker numbers.
Raceclubs which once spruiked to the local community and welcomed patrons to the track no longer had to bother, and Read full article
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