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Stephen Crispe: Racing & Sports to disrupt Euro horseracing markets

SBC News Stephen Crispe: Racing & Sports to disrupt Euro horseracing markets

Racing And Sports (RAS), the Australian-founded provider of premium data and enhanced content, has been making headlines this year with its expansion into the northern hemisphere. Following deals with Sky Racing World and XB Net, and the Greyhound Board of Great Britain, Chief executive Stephen Crispe talks to SBC News about Racing And Sports’ rapid entry into the European and …

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Tabcorp sees TAB comeback jinxed by NSW venue restrictions 

Tabcorp revenue bitten by ‘softer trading’ in 1Q24

Tabcorp Holdings has underlined that its business recovery continues to be affected by COVID-19 restrictions applied across Australia’s five-state provinces.  Publishing its half-year 2021/2022 results for the six-month period ending 31 December, the ASX gambling group recorded a 2% increase in corporate revenues to AUS $2.93 billion (€1.52 bn). Topline growth was attributed to Tabcorp’s Lotteries-&-Keno unit registering an 11% …

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English speakers identified as most at-risk problem gambling group by Gambless

SBC News English speakers identified as most at-risk problem gambling group by Gambless

Gambless has recorded 3,500 self-assessment tests completed via its mobile app, revealing strong differences in problem gambling across international borders, with English speakers encountering issues much more than other linguistic groups. Publishing its first annual report, the Mindspa-funded and ORCHHA-certified international gambling harm prevention app found that English speakers, mainly from the US, UK, and Australia, recorded a 57% higher …

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Entain hit with AUS $26,690 fine for Neds’ Northern Territory licence violation

SBC News Entain hit with AUS $26,690 fine for Neds’ Northern Territory licence violation

The Northern Territory Racing Commission has penalised Entain with an AUS $26,690 fine after its Australia-facing Neds subsidiary was judged to have violated state licencing requirements.  An investigation into Neds’ compliance with the law began after a Commission member saw a Business Development Manager form the company inform a rage goer that bonus offers could be accessed by scanning a …

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RWWA enhances wagering offering through BetMakers deal

RWWA enhances wagering offering through BetMakers deal

BetMakers Technology Group will further develop its fixed odds and racing wagering products after signing a new, long-term partnership with Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA).  Under the terms of the agreement, BetMakers will provide fixed odds win, place and exotic bet types for all codes of racing across all RWWA’s sales channels including TABtouch as well as more than …

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OpenBet cites ‘unbeatable performance’ at 2021 Melbourne Cup

SBC News OpenBet cites ‘unbeatable performance’ at 2021 Melbourne Cup

Sports betting technology company OpenBet enjoyed a strong performance at this year’s Melbourne Cup, processing an average of 65,000 vets per minute on its platform. Describing its scalable platform technology as ‘pivotal’ in handling the betting activity ahead of the race, one of the most popular horse racing fixtures in the Australian sport, OpenBet provided its services to notable operators …

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TAB secures Australia-facing NBA partnership

SBC News TAB secures Australia-facing NBA partnership

TAB has moved to strengthen its brand visibility in its home market, becoming the official wagering partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in Australia. The partnership will see TAB and the NBA collaborate on production of an Australia-facing version of the league’s betting focused alternate telecast, NBABet Stream, marking the service’s debut outside of the US. Additionally, TAB will …

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Tabcorp returns to profits as focus shifts to 2022 split-off  

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Tabcorp Holdings has returned to profit, as corporate governance highlights the intrinsic value of its lottery and wagering unit that will operate as stand-alone businesses from 2022 onwards.  Publishing its full-year 2020/2021 results (period ending 30 June), Tabcorp declared statutory group profits of AU$269 million (€166m) – reversing its preceding losses of 870 million (€530m). The ASX gambling group registered …

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Entain expresses disappointment at Tabcorp demerger plans

SBC News Entain expresses disappointment at Tabcorp demerger plans

Entain has issued a statement expressing ‘disappointment’ at the decision by Australian operator Tabcorp Holdings to demerge its Wagering & Gaming and Lotteries & Keno businesses. Making its announcement this morning, Tabcorp revealed plans to establish the aforementioned business sections as independent ASX registered companies – known as Wagering & GamingCo and Lotteries & KenoCo respectively – with jurisdiction across …

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