While Adam Hamilton has said the pre-Hunter night is not working for the GSStar, PP has suggested having limited betting time when the Final field is only confirmed about 2hrs beforehand is the problem
Heat 1 had $12k in the Win pool, Heat 2 had $15k while the Final had $14k. This is Vic tote only of course and although the Final matched the heats, none of them would seem to justify the prizemoney. The Quaddie that included no GSS races held an impressive $129k

The Hunter Cup held $43k for the Win, $26k Tri and $26k F4 with a massive $321k the Quaddie
Interesting that the 2nd biggest win pool was R3 with $24k and Captain Ravishing $1.04

Corporates of course hold more (but we do not earn as much from them)