http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=98213

Been some discussion on this in the past on this forum.

What this tells me is

a) It's good it isn't going down, total wise.

b) Peope have noticed lowering on the Tote pools and suggested total betting has gone down. However it is evident the decrease in tote pools is being bet elsewhere.

c) A 1.8% rise isn't a boom. This doesn't even match inflation. So while yes the total has gone up, if you put figures as a % of what people are spending it has gone down.

Just thought that was interesting seeing the topic of total betting $$$ has come up a few times.