ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF "THE BETTING RING"
            My name is Phil Morton and I am the author and WebMaster of "The Betting Ring" web site. I am formerly of Crystal Brook, about 200 kilometers north of Adelaide, South Australia,  and now reside at Gawler, about 40 kilometers north of Adelaide. I am now on a  Disability Support Pension due to a back injury, have recently hit 46 (ouch!), and besides mainly voluntary work in creating Web sites for a few, my working days are probably over.
            Besides my gradually fading interests in defying the odds and trying to beat any bookmaker that frames a market on almost anything, my other major interests in my life are as much time as my ex will allow me with my beautiful seven year old daughter, Sarah Zelle Morton, computers, surfing the net, Australian Rules Football, current affairs, reading, and the disgrace they call "The Family Court of Australia".
            I don't like injustice, greed, materialism, selfishness, and anyone that is incapable of considering others in those processes. (Probably seems strange to come from someone that has a web site that seems to encourage this sort of behaviour).

            During the past 20 years I did well gambling on thoroughbred racing. I find it tough to accept that years ago I was able to make very good profit on turnover betting on horse racing, especially when bookmaking ruled as king, and then later on when T.A.B. overs between the states was truly attainable. Now, sadly, both of these sources as a means to squeeze out a dollar from gambling have all but dried up, and only the biggest of punters, with the largest and most costly information base can beat the odds.  I used fair means or foul to keep on winning, and that meant swallowing my pride and getting my winners from outside sources at various times.  I was not so ego driven that I tried to rely on my own (lack of) handicapping skills to maintain a winning edge - if I did, I would have been just another loser. Now that my lower than previous winning margins have become nothing more than an exercise in paying for the expenses in the last year or so, I consider my own gambling days to as good as over.

             
            Keep On Winning - Phil Morton