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Tabcorp governance reviews Luxbet asset

SBC News Tabcorp governance reviews Luxbet asset

The Australian Business Review has reported that Tabcorp Holdings governance may fold its online sports betting brand Luxbet (Luxbet.com). The Tabcorp asset is currently under review, with Group CEO David Attenborough revealing that the sports betting brand was set to report record losses for its 2017 performance. Following this month’s Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) approval of the merger of Tabcorp …

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ACT says YES to Tabcorp-Tatts AUS $11 billion merger

SBC News ACT says YES to Tabcorp-Tatts AUS $11 billion merger

Following an arduous nine-month regulatory compliance review, the AUS $11 billion merger of Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group has received approval by The Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT). Tabcorp governance this morning issued a corporate update detailing the ACT’s ‘merger greenlight’, with full details of its competition review expected to be published on Thursday 22 June. Updating investors, Tabcorp governance stated …

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Racing Post moves to acquire ANZ Bloodstock News.

SBC News Racing Post moves to acquire ANZ Bloodstock News.

Horseracing media firm the Racing Post has confirmed that it has moved to fully acquired Bloodstock Media Limited, the media owner of ANZ Bloodstock News. The media acquisition sees Racing Post takeover all Bloodstock Media assets, the leading news authority for the Australasian bloodstock industry. Racing Post management stated that it would begin to combine the resources of its Racing …

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TopBetta optimizes marketing capabilities with OtherLevels

SBC News TopBetta optimizes marketing capabilities with OtherLevels

Australia ASX-listed betting operator TopBetta has partnered with digital marketing platform provider OtherLevels in a bid to boost its customer engagement. The partnership will see TopBetta integrate OtherLevels marketing provisions, optimising performance and customer targeting across its website and mobile devices. OtherLevels’ digital marketing strategists have also been engaged to support and train TopBetta’s in-house team to implement methods to …

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Tabcorp governance told to explain unfair price plan ‘Project Alfred’

SBC News Tabcorp governance told to explain unfair price plan 'Project Alfred'

As the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) takes on the role of lead supervising body of the AUS $11 billion planned merger of Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group a number of industry stakeholders have addressed concern regarding the combination to create the Australia’s outright gambling market leader. This week, former merger review body The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed …

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Pacific Consortium drops Tatts pursuit

SBC News Pacific Consortium drops Tatts pursuit

Pacific Consortium the special vehicle of London private equity firm Macquarie Group and New York hedge fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) will no longer pursue its AUS $7.3 billion (£4.5 billion) acquisition of Australian gambling operator Tatts Group. The deal withdrawal follows Tatts’ board decision not to review Pacific’s latest takeover bid of $4.21-per-share combined with an investor ‘dividends add-on’ which the investment firm …

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Pacific Consortium adds ‘dividends sweetener’ to Tatts offer

SBC News Pacific Consortium adds 'dividends sweetener' to Tatts offer

In a bid to outmanoeuvre Tabcorp Holdings and derail the firm’s planned AUS $11 billion merger with Tatts Group, the Pacific Consortium has offered Tatts investors a ‘deal sweetener’ should they favour their AUS $7.3 billion all-cash for Tatts assets. The joint-venture investment vehicle headed up London private equity firm Macquarie Group and New York hedge fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) will …

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Australian sports stakeholders take stance against ban on betting advertising during sports broadcasts

SBC News Australian sports stakeholders take stance against ban on betting advertising during sports broadcasts

Australian sports stakeholders are preparing to launch a fightback against the mandate put forward to the Malcolm Turnbull government which sets out to ban gambling advertising during sports broadcasts on all media verticals. This week Australian pro-sports executives were warned by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield that its restrictive gambling advertising mandate had been put forward to the cabinet for review, …

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‘Siren to Siren’…Australian government set to ban betting advertising during sports broadcasts

SBC News ‘Siren to Siren’...Australian government set to ban betting advertising during sports broadcasts

The Australian Newspaper has reported that Australia’s federal government will move to ban all betting/gambling advertising during sports broadcasts as early as next week. It is understood, that Communications Minister Mitch Fifeld will introduce a mandate to the government calling for a ‘siren to siren’ (start to finish) ban on all forms of gambling marketing during sports broadcasts on any …

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