Racing

Last updated on 6 March 2004.

What's New

06/03/2004
The servers and programs are no longer available but this web site remains for those interested in seeing what the programs could do. If anyone is interested in purchasing the source code to the system, or particular algorithms, you can contact me via the email icon on my weblog.
03/10/2002
So much for the 14th of August! I'm happy to say that the Odds Viewer server is back online. Odds Viewer Pro should now continue to work Remember that you will need to install the Functional Developer run time library before running it. The reason for being offline is that the cost of running the internet service was getting prohibitive. I've done some changes to manage this issue and I'll monitor the cost to see how it goes.
07/08/2002
The Odds Viewer server is temporarily off-line. This means Odds Viewer Pro will not run at the moment. It will be back up after the 14th of August. If you wish more information on Odds Viewer Pro, or automatic system and betting programs, feel free to contact me.
01/06/2002
An updated version of Odds Viewer Pro is now available. It is version 2.8. It fixes a few bugs and extends the expiry date. You can download it from here, read the instructions or view screenshots.You will need to install the Functional Developer run time library before running it.
02/04/2002
An updated version of Odds Viewer Pro is now available. It is version 2.7. It fixes a few bugs and extends the expiry date. You can download it from here, read the instructions or view screenshots.You will need to install the Functional Developer run time library before running it.
03/03/2002
The Odds Viewer server is back online again. Odds Viewer should now be operational again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
03/03/2002
The Odds Viewer server will be down from approximately 2pm to 6pm today (New Zealand time). During this time Odds Viewer will report an error when trying to retrieve the list of meetings and will not be able to be used. The server needs to go down as there will be no power at the location where it is housed during this time. I will post a note here when it comes back up.
03/02/2002
An updated version of Odds Viewer Pro is now available. It is version 2.6. It fixes a few bugs and extends the expiry date. You can download it from here, read the instructions or view screenshots.You will need to install the Functional Developer run time library before running it.
06/12/2001
A trial version of Odds Viewer Pro is now available. It is version 2.5, and represents an 'alpha' version for testing purposes. You can download it from here, read the instructions or view screenshots. This version allows placing bets, dutch book support, 'Dr Z' style return on investment calculations, etc. Make sure you read the instructions so that you understand the limitations of this version - remember it is 'alpha' software and may not necessarily work as you expect. You will need to install the Functional Developer run time library before running it.
03/10/2001
A new version of Odds Viewer is available. This is version 1.5 and works with the recent changes made to the NZ TAB web site. Odds Viewer Professional is making good progress to completion and now features much faster odds downloading than Odds Viewer and many other new features. Keep an eye out on the Odds Viewer Professional page over the next couple of weeks for more details.
04/08/2001
I've made Results Viewer available. It's a quick and simple program that allows you to enter a date, meeting code (AUSR, AUCK, etc) and race number and retrieve the win and place result dividends for that race. If you do mainly win or place betting it's quite useful as a quick means of getting results without having to navigate through the NZ TAB web site. It's a 650KB download and requires the Functional Developer runtime library that is used by Odds Viewer. I've also placed a quick web page with screen shots describing Odds Viewer Professional. A version of Odds Viewer with more functionality geared towards serious punters (or those who want to be!).
30/06/2001
A new version of Odds Viewer is available. It is now at version 1.4. This version improves the method used to retrieve web pages from the NZ TAB web site which should solve some of the problems people have had in the past. It also includes some additional bug fixes and improvements to the user interface.
06/03/2001
Updated Odds Viewer to work with the changes to the NZ TAB web site that were made today. Please make sure you uninstall the old version of Odds Viewer before installing this new version.
13/01/2001
Changed the installation process of Odds Viewer to use an installer file removing the need to manually register components.

Odds Viewer

A windows application for browsing the currents odds for tote races at the New Zealand TAB. Allows automatic updating of odds information and display of percentage of bets placed on each runner.

Here are some example screens shots showing the main meeting screen, the odds screen and a chart screen.

Note that this application relies on the New Zealand TAB web site odds pages being available from the internet. I can't take any responsibility for the accuracy of the information displayed with my program. For the last word on the correct odds you should visit the TAB web site, use teletext or visit your local TAB agency. You use this program at your own risk.

The readme file explains how to install it, use it, etc.

You'll need the following files to use Odds Viewer and follow the steps in the readme file:

First run the installation program for the Functional Developer Run Time Library. Next run the Odds Viewer installation program. You should now have an 'Odds Viewer' entry in the Start menu.

The Odds Viewer installation program uses Microsoft Installer. If nothing happens when you run the installation program you may need to install the Microsoft Installer files:

To be notified of any updates or bug fixes to this program please send an email to the author, Chris Double, and I'll send you an email when new versions become available.

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/), cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) and software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

Troubleshooting

Some common questions and answers are below.

1. I get an error when running odds-viewer saying : "A required file, WS2_32.DLL, was not found."

You need to install the Winsock 2 libraries for Windows 95. Winsock 2 ships with Windows NT and Windows 98 so is there automatically for those systems. You can download the update from Microsoft at their Winsock 2 update page. You might also want to install the DCOM forWindows 95 update as well. This may be needed. It can be obtained from the Microsoft DCOM update page.

2. I get an error when trying to retrieve the meetings or the races.

This is normally when you try and use the program when the TAB has no meeting information available. Try again when it is a bit closer to the race time or when the TAB is open.

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Development Links

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