The Pitch: What are the odds gambling's two-tier system will be regulated?

Two different markets now exist outside of the Tote, setting on-course and off-course betting at odds with each other.

Keeping things remote: A quiet on-course trading day at Naas Racecourse. 

FOR the average punter the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Roscommon wasn’t high on the staking radar this week.

But for serious punters the 6:30pm race on Monday was the perfect storm which highlighted the extraordinary two-tier system which has emerged in racing, where two different markets exist outside of the Tote, setting on-course and off-course betting at odds with each other.