TopBetta, the ambitious Australia-listed online bookmaker, has announced it will acquire Melbourne-based start-up Mad Bookie. TopBetta said its TopBetta Pty Ltd subsidiary had agreed terms with the Melbourne outfit, which will retain its existing brand identity at …
Up and coming gambling reforms may suck for Australia’s online poker players, but they’re likely to suit homegrown bookies, Tabcorp especially, down to the ground, at least according to one analyst. In the short-term, of course, the …
Aquis has said that its decision to shelve its planned mega-casino resort in Cairns was triggered by the Chinese government’s anti-corruption drive which stemmed the tide of VIPs flowing out of the mainland. With projected costs of …
Tabcorp has hit back against Crown Resort’s digital arm, CrownBet, with a new five-year deal with the Australian Hotels Association to offer its services exclusively in around 1,116 pubs throughout the state. But CrownBet’s recent posturing has …
Western Australia might at last get the piece of the gambling pie it believes it deserves and is long overdue. WA does not authorize pokies, but has long argued that the revenues from electronic gambling machines raked …
New South Wales has officially reversed its rather short-lived greyhound racing ban, less than a year after the state’s former premier, Mike Baird, banned the sport. Instead of prohibition, widespread regulatory reforms will seek to guard against …
Newsagents and other retailers of lottery tickets are petitioning the government to put a stop to the phenomenon of “secondary lotteries,” exemplified by Malta-based company Lottoland, which they say are threatening their sales. Lottoland was described …
James Packer’s Crown Resorts cashed in its chips in Macau last year, selling $1.5 billion-worth of its stock in joint venture Melco Crown to Macau-based Melco International. The move was understandable. Following the arrest of 14 Crown …
32Red has become the latest online gambling operator to duck out of the market in anticipation of the passage of the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill. The bill, which has the unfortunate effect of banning online poker and …
China’s Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun has called for a strengthening of international cooperation in the fight against illegal gambling and a redoubling of cooperation with overseas law enforcement to enforce “fugitive repatriation.” The comments come as …
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