Transparency - Paul Lafferty initiative

David that's all very good , what we must remember that Gambling online is illegal in more countries in the world than its legal.

You can't legally play slots and casino online in South Africa because there is no skill involved.

One of the reasons sports betting and horse racing is legal online in South Africa is because there is skill involved and has been proven that if you study form " well" you can WIN on a regular basis

When they finally realise that only 3% of punters are long term winners they might change their minds !

Hence we need all the info( comments ) and tools( formgrids, computaform, winning form) we can get!

Hibs the only reason that gambling on racing was legal previously in SA was because racing is deemed a game of skill, which it is, info to the punting public is vital and needed for a healthy industry, i fought for many years for this and for a short while things started changing until Super Track now Telly Track put an official block on me after the Flaming Gun incident at Gosforth Park in the mid 90's, Charles Faull had been advocating change for the public even before me if i remember correctly, I started my battle in 86 and watching the mess ups continually is what eventually killed my passion for racing, and there must have been people who fought the good fight before us, however attitudes of administrators in SA racing and those that want to feel privileged is to live in the dark ages and they refuse to see it any other way and although they try talk a good game at times and justify their stance which might be good for individuals its not good for the industry's growth, not much has been done for the man in the street by the administration, its always outsiders who perform and put their on cash in projects, very little industry money is used for racing fans, rather its given to those who don't deserve it in the guise of fat bonuses(for doing a job the are paid for in any event) and wages and perks are the order of the day for industry recognized wage earners, I have put Formgrids on the internet free to anyone for many many years, Ive earned my badge,

In 1987 myself and the Citizen reporter Peter Duffield (who's father Ernie Duffield started Computaform) were on a news tv show arguing with industry leaders that they are going to put racing on its knees with dark age attitude, they fought us then and as you know as Robyn put it Formgrids no matter how good a tool it is has never been properly supported by industry because it came from me,

Im sure you have noticed that SA is not like other western countries where if shameful acts have been done by someone in a high position the right route is for the guilty parties to resign and allow the industry to improve, in SA it just goes on unabated and no one says a word and if you do you are termed the lunatic fringe etc and you actually get victimized and become an outcast and the real baddies grow stronger, they do deals whereby they throw scraps to some of the outspoken websites to tone down and not expose their wrongdoings as you well know, so its us who eat the measly crumbs they scatter for our silence that are also to blame.

its time the media and the public take a stand and fight for justice in racing. no one is bigger than the game no matter how loud he shouts or how connected he may be.

Mister a, it will just have to be the racing public to take a stand because there is no independent media anymore. Thank heavens for ABC.

Mister a,I must be much older than you (I am older than most people now )it isn't important,just interesing,but Ernie Duffield didn't start Computaform.
He had one of the oldest form guides in the Country called Duff's Turf Guide and I think it was the first to have Photoform!
Computaform was started by an Afrikaans guy(damn name escapes me),and they eventually bought Duffs Turf Guide and SA Racing Mirror (the full colour turf guide/photoform).
Eventually sold it and bought the house behind the 5th green at Southbroom Golf Club and retired there!
(a bit of useless trivia)

Rob you are probably correct, what I mean is the idea of horse place positions at start, 800, 400, 200 and finish that Ernie introduced into racing under Duffs Turf Guide

Sure, the chap who started Computaform was on Winning Ways sometime ago. He said there were queues outside the printing shop even before the printing was complete.