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The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup

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  • mariner4lifeM Online
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    my biggest win bet was on Okita Soushi and i was feeling good and then boom!

    fuck ya

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    • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

      my biggest win bet was on Okita Soushi and i was feeling good and then boom!

      fuck ya

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      @mariner4life said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

      my biggest win bet was on Okita Soushi and i was feeling good and then boom!

      fuck ya

      Hope you also got the $5 on the place

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      • mariner4lifeM Online
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        lol no

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        • antipodeanA Online
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          Only down $10 for the day. So a good Melbourne Cup day on the punt all things considered.

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            Pub was pumping, people were punting. Going off!!!!

            Great day.

            Mafia Whispers race two at New Plymouth if you like money

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            • mariner4lifeM Online
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              Office watched the race. Sweeps sold out.

              Barbs might be right though, I'm on the only one who put effort in to dressing for the cup

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                Yay. I won the Melbourne Cup! (Sweep) This has convinced me the the higher the odds the better the horf. Ladbrokes had him at $151 ... wish put a bet on it.

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                • KiwiwombleK Online
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                  Mrs Womble is overseas but sent me a message with the ones that had the nicest silks....put money on two of them but discarded the 101/1 outsider......

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                  • boobooB booboo

                    Yay. I won the Melbourne Cup! (Sweep) This has convinced me the the higher the odds the better the horf. Ladbrokes had him at $151 ... wish put a bet on it.

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                    @booboo said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                    Yay. I won the Melbourne Cup! (Sweep) This has convinced me the the higher the odds the better the horf. Ladbrokes had him at $151 ... wish put a bet on it.

                    yeah I had it in the sweep...went to top up my TAB account to put a fiver e/w, but a client rang, then forgot....TAB odds were as always, much lower, $80/$20

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                    • SmudgeS Offline
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                      Pretty sure that's a case of big price fluctuations on a long shot, TR, and the liabilities the bookmakers may hold.

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                      • HoorooH Hooroo

                        Pub was pumping, people were punting. Going off!!!!

                        Great day.

                        Mafia Whispers race two at New Plymouth if you like money

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                        @Hooroo said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                        Pub was pumping, people were punting. Going off!!!!

                        Great day.

                        Mafia Whispers race two at New Plymouth if you like money

                        I've slapped $45 on the nose at $4.80. Hope to get some money back from yesterday!

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                        • HoorooH Hooroo

                          Pub was pumping, people were punting. Going off!!!!

                          Great day.

                          Mafia Whispers race two at New Plymouth if you like money

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                          @Hooroo said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                          Pub was pumping, people were punting. Going off!!!!

                          Great day.

                          Mafia Whispers race two at New Plymouth if you like money

                          Looks a good 1000m horse right now. The winner looked quality running away from the field

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                          • SouthernMannS SouthernMann

                            @Hooroo said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                            Pub was pumping, people were punting. Going off!!!!

                            Great day.

                            Mafia Whispers race two at New Plymouth if you like money

                            Looks a good 1000m horse right now. The winner looked quality running away from the field

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                            @SouthernMann said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                            @Hooroo said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                            Pub was pumping, people were punting. Going off!!!!

                            Great day.

                            Mafia Whispers race two at New Plymouth if you like money

                            Looks a good 1000m horse right now. The winner looked quality running away from the field

                            She blew like heck and took a bit to recover. She didn’t love the soft 7 I don’t think.

                            A lot to like

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                              We were talking about this in the pub last night. It was 6 o'clock and we realised none of us knew the result.

                              Go back a few years and we had an office sweep, people stayed behind to watch it and I always had a punt. None of that now.

                              Consensus was on course is dying and dedicated punters use the app.

                              Then the bar owner turned up pissed as a lord and explained we were all wrong. He'd been out at Ellerslie and had a fantastic time. Said Ellerslie has reinvented itself as a drinking establishment and everyone was glued to their phones.

                              He asked Chat GPT for the winners based on their draw, weight and jockey and was a grand up as a result.

                              Consequently, he loved everyone - and the drinks were all on him. So, although I forgot about the race, I definitely came out a winner with four free beers on top of the four I'd already had

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                              • mariner4lifeM Online
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                                Economic Impact report of the 2024 Cup carnival came out.

                                $1 billion in over all impact. 11.5 million people engaged by either attending, watching, or listening (half the adult population). Big ones were more than half of attendees were women, and 45% of GA ticket purchasers were under 35.

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                                  @mariner4life said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                                  Big ones were more than half of attendees were women, and 45% of GA ticket purchasers were under 35.

                                  Women love dressing up. And getting fucking plastered on champagne.

                                  How do they know how many people watched or listened?

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                                  • mariner4lifeM Online
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                                    here you go, ring Quantum and find out

                                    +613 9289 9599
                                    research@qmr.com.au

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                                    • antipodeanA Online
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                                      The question was rhetorical. It's based on opt-in reporting and then sample size math where you attribute a "confidence level".

                                      tl;dr version: it's made up.

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                                      • antipodeanA antipodean

                                        @mariner4life said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                                        Big ones were more than half of attendees were women, and 45% of GA ticket purchasers were under 35.

                                        Women love dressing up. And getting fucking plastered on champagne.

                                        How do they know how many people watched or listened?

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                                        @antipodean said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:

                                        Women love dressing up. And getting fucking plastered on champagne.

                                        And blokes with ordinary heads like that because it increases the chance of pulling women.

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                                        • antipodeanA Online
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                                          How I know it's Melbourne Cup day: Women finally putting in an effort to get dressed for work.

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