Greyhound track returns worse than ‘worst case’

Raw trading figures from within the Irish Greyhound Board (IGB) have revealed that it is performing much worse than the ‘worst-case’ scenario built into its survival plan.

Tote revenues fell by 8.6% in the first half of this year when compared with 2013.

The unaudited nightly returns for each track, gathered and analysed by the Irish Examiner, also confirms that turnover in this critical income stream was well below target last year.