NSW TAB

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NSW TAB

• By Amy, Ben, Rebecca and Rochelle

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Presentation Overview

• What does TAB mean?
• TAB A look at history
• Filling in the betting card
• Literacy practices used by the TAB
• Text types used by the TAB
• Getting the TAB to the public
• Conclusion

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What does TAB mean?
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Totalizator Agency Board
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Totalizator Agency Board (TAB)A look at history-

• First TAB created in Vic. In 1961
• Est. in NSW in 1964 by NSW Government
• Aim of TAB
• - To provide safe, corrupt free off course
  wagering service in thoroughbred, harness and
  greyhound racing
• Replace legal off course book makers
• Provide support by returning profits to the
  racing industry
• Responsible for accumulating the investments of
  various pools and calculating dividends

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Can you fill in the betting card?
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How did you know how to fill in the card?

• Previous experience with the TAB
• Someone else gave you assistance
• If you are not a part of the TAB discourse
  filling in the betting cards correctly is
  impossible if you dont get assistance
• There are no alternatives for individuals who are
  blind
• The operations differ in the TAB between states

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What literacy practices are used by the TAB?
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Tabtext

• Information screens assembled throughout the TAB
  displaying the following information
• Dividends (price)
• Races that are coming up, including place, time
  and date
• Next race to jump
• Results including runner, jockeys name and full
  dividend details for all bet types
• Interstate price comparisons
• Quinella/Exacta screen which allows for instant
  comparison of quinella and exacta price

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Customer Coupons

• These are a paper-based form of cash
• A customer coupon is used to provide customers
  with change that result from a transaction with
  a self-serve terminal
• Cash value of the coupon is labelled on the
  receipt

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Phone TAB

• Phone TAB is a telephone account which is held
  with the TAB in your state
• It enables individuals to place bets from home
  using the telephone
• Your account is paid by entering a TAB and giving
  them you account details, which they then use to
  top up your account
• Winnings are credited to your account
• Losses are debited from your account
• Bets are made through calling the phone TAB
  number and following the prompts

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Race TAB

• Internet TAB, race and sports TAB
• www.nswtab.com.au

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What text types are used by the TAB?
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Graphs

• Graphs are used in various TAB web sites to
  illustrate
• -The slowing of wagering growth in NSW along with
  the reason for this occurrence which is the
  increased growth in gaming eg. casinos

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Graph examples.Total NSW wagering revenue
1973-1977
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NSW Gaming Revenue by Product - FY 1987 to FY
1997
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Tables

• Used to display information on the tab text
  screen
• The horse, rider, time and price are displayed in
  tables so that they are easy to read
• Tables are also used in information and
  instruction booklets

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Instructions

• Used to assist individuals with filling in the
  betting card
• Used to assist with using the terminals (ticket
  scanning machines) when placing bets and
  collecting winnings

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Getting the TAB into the public

• News paper full race guide lift out
• Television Sky Channel
• Radio 2ky radio station dedicated to racing and
  sports betting
• Internet betting including full race guide and
  sports TAB

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Conclusion

• Our group found after extensive research that, in
  order to fully understand how the TAB works one
  needs to be an insider in the TAB discourse. We
  discovered that the instruction booklets were
  difficult to understand and did not provide
  enough information to adequately allow us to fill
  in the betting cards. We found it was much easier
  to ask an attendant and have them give us a
  visual demonstration.

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We also discovered that the TAB used
various text types and literacy practices. Such
as graphs, tables, forms and abbreviations. All
of which if you weren't familiar with, would be
difficult to process the information in order to
be able to use the TAB successfully.