Betfair squeezing the life out of bookies

Now that the dust has well and truly settled on Galway, and we have had time to analyse what went on, the one conclusion that has to be drawn is the drop in bookmakers’ turnover was alarming to say the least.

I know attendances for the seven days were down over 15,000, from 147,668 last year to 132,215.

But, given how bad the weather was, I actually think the crowd figures were remarkably high.

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