When two dinosaurs need to survive best they open a Jurassic Park:)

Let’s face facts Racing world-wide seems to be in trouble as are newspapers. I propose that The Citizen and Phumelela sponsor a monthly free bet competition. The bet could be called the Randomizer – A tote betting slip is added to the end of month Racing Express pages with a directive on how to enter the competition in the MAIN body of the newspaper. The bet could be based on a something exotic like a pick 9 etc(9 outright winners) or the old superfecta (feature race on Saturday – select the correct order of finish of the first six). The difference is the tab machine selects for you in this case randomly(or maybe the readers could select themselves and therefore educate themselves as to workings of racing) – all you have to do to enter the competition is to find a tab outlet and hand in your betting ticket before Saturday(the betting slip should be placed in the midweek paper) the prize could be a fixed amount or one that grows if not won (perhaps a 100k ). Coupled to this when there is a winner/s an additional say 20 k is then awarded to a charity of the winner’s choice. The handing over of the cheque (to the charity) would then feature on the front page of the actual Citizen newspaper (not racing pages). Both parties benefit – I remember when the Citizen had some type of scratch card promotion guys would ask to read my citizen just to see if they had won – totes get new customers as the only way to enter is to go to a tote to place the free bet. Interest in local racing grows as the readers of the paper now start to read the racing express instead of using it as a cage liner for their budgie. I’m sure the software is available for the bet and in today’s tight economic times the idea of winning cash is appealing – perhaps there is legislature preventing such a promotion not sure but something I would try if I was in Phumelela’s Marketing Division. (obviously a radical free soccer bet could also work to cap on the world cup but that should already have been planned)

Morning Mr H u are up early with your marketing cap on, thanks again for the contribution.
Have now confirmed a couple of soccer visitors to take racing and show them the facilities we have for a song in comparison with a day at the races in the UK.

great dave - hope they enjoy - perhaps a trainer or two could pop along and some new owners could be born?

Mr H, as a matter of interest, which newspapers in SAF still carry racing?

not so sure but - sowetan, citizen, star, daily sun i can confrim.

Mercury, Daily News, Tribune I can confirm.

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Extinct soon,Dinosaurs can`t survive!!!

Good home page Bob <

SP will be around for a long time to come, it is filled with a team who actually care about the game and the people in it!

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> Extinct soon,Dinosaurs can`t survive!!!

Really? I think they did, for about 200 million years! Not a blink of an eye, you must admit. Lol.