melbourne cup wagering

The breakdown of Tuesday's TAB figures showed Victorian TAB customers wagered $36.5 million on the Melbourne Cup, compared to $33.1 million in 2007 and $34.6 million in 2006,

and $64.8 million on the entire Flemington 10-race meeting ($62.6 million in 2007, $62.8 million in 2006).

In NSW, TAB punters wagered $51.2 million on the Melbourne Cup ($45.2 million in 2007, $52.9 million in 2006) and $66.9 million on the Flemington meeting ($61.6 million in 2007, $68.1 million in 2006).

In contrast to this turnover, Tabcorp's fixed odds arm TAB Sportsbet and Luxbet held almost $10 million on the Melbourne Cup alone, a 30 per cent increase on 2007.