The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup
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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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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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here you go, ring Quantum and find out
+613 9289 9599
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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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@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?
@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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How I know it's Melbourne Cup day: Women finally putting in an effort to get dressed for work.
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I'm loving a day on the punt. Gave myself the day off work. Sitting at home, knocking beers punting on each race. What a day.
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I'm loving a day on the punt. Gave myself the day off work. Sitting at home, knocking beers punting on each race. What a day.
@SouthernMann said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:
I'm loving a day on the punt. Gave myself the day off work. Sitting at home, knocking beers punting on each race. What a day.
I used to do that but punting on every meet, usually sent me broke by race 6..still fun though. Enjoy
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@SouthernMann said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:
I'm loving a day on the punt. Gave myself the day off work. Sitting at home, knocking beers punting on each race. What a day.
I used to do that but punting on every meet, usually sent me broke by race 6..still fun though. Enjoy
@bayimports said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:
@SouthernMann said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:
I'm loving a day on the punt. Gave myself the day off work. Sitting at home, knocking beers punting on each race. What a day.
I used to do that but punting on every meet, usually sent me broke by race 6..still fun though. Enjoy
There was a budget negotiation with the missus. I wanted 300. She offered me 200. We settled in the middle. Still a fair allocation.
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Looking a fairly even Cup this year. Early indications suggest it's going to be a solid day, and it feels like it's getting its mojo back a little. Must be if it attracted @mariner4life all the way from Cairns...
@Smudge said in The decline and fall of the Melbourne Cup:
Looking a fairly even Cup this year. Early indications suggest it's going to be a solid day, and it feels like it's getting its mojo back a little. Must be if it attracted @mariner4life all the way from Cairns...
we should just look out for the pile of empty bottles then?
Does seem to have more attraction this year though, not like previously but improved
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Absolute ripper of a day. Good crowd.
Two race days down, two to go.. -
Great fucking week. Big crowds on the two good weather days, unsurprisingly not so many on cup day, and most especially the bitterly cold Stakes day.
Turnover through the roof, viewership still on the up. A 2nd Aussie horse in a row, and this one Aussie bred, trained and owned has definitely helped.
Some fucking great racing over the week. There are few sporting locations like Flemington, amazing place.
Racing highlights were Jamie's ride on the MC winner, the overhead visions is crazy, VS running past them even on a heavy 9, Ceowulf's last 100m (fuck you!!!!), Pride of Jenni doing what she does on Derby Day. But i saw a lot of great finishes.
