Time For Sport To Break Free Of Betting

A HEADLINE last week was about betting being halted on Australian of the year. My first thought was, people bet on who will be Australian of the year? My second thought was, have they considered getting a life? My third thought was, no one else seems perturbed but me.

Online Betting Taxes The State

THE State Government has been told it should allow bets on politics and reality TV shows such as Australian Idol.

Betfair's Track Deal The Start

THE sponsorship venture announced yesterday between the Melbourne Racing club and Betfair, which will see Sandown racecourse now be called Betfair Park, is expected to be the first of many more such deals by the world's leading online betting exchange.

Betting's New Dawn

The race to lure punters has been thrown wide open by new betting regulations and, as Dan Silkstone reports, debate rages about who will be the winners and the losers.

Bookies Race Against State Odds In Court

TWO interstate betting agencies are taking the State Government to court, claiming its ban on them advertising in NSW is unconstitutional.

Sportsbet Backs Itself In Fight Against Ad Barriers

THE Northern Territory betting agency Sportsbet has become the first company to take on the State Government over the advertising ban for online betting operators in a stoush that could result in the controversial global betting giant Betfair winning its fight to advertise in NSW.

All Bets Are Off As Tab Races To Catch Up

THE Iemma Government faces losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue as Tabcorp launches online betting from the Northern Territory, which is expected to lead to a shake-up of NSW's gambling industry.

Betfair Continues Its Expansion

MORE than a million clients of online betting exchange Betfair will soon be able to access all Tabcorp's SuperTAB tote products through an agreement with its partner Tote Tasmania.