Blog Day 218 - Saturday 31 October 2020 - Derby Day Today is the first day of the Flemington VRC spring carnival and is traditionally "black and white day". However, this year will be a little different as all of the spring carnival meetings at Flemington with be crowdless. The only attendees at the track will be the staff required to run the races and the jockeys & trainers and of course the horses on the course. This morning I decided that I would like to have a bet on the Melbourne cup and decided to reactivate my TAB betting account. After having my logon rejected as 'account closed' I checked the expiry date on my TAB card and it expired in September 2013, as you can see I don't really have a gambling problem. A pop up screen suggested I ring the customer assistance number and after a couple of false starts I spoke to a very polite young man who opened a new account for me and sent me an email with a link to activate the on line betting account. S...
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