Sports Betting Archive

Twenty years ago, regional punters bet on regional events. They did so retail sports wagering facilities, and checked their local newspaper the following day for results. The world just doesn’t work that way anymore, as the wealth of information now available is driving the online bookmaker’s market ever skyward. While it’s the technology that...

“Do as I say, not as I do.” This has been a typical (although generally unspoken) motto for parents, who aim to raise their children to be better than they are. But it’s applicable to much more than parenting these days. Australia online betting giant William Hill is under heavy criticism for taking a...

New Zealand’s mobile sports betting platform, TAB, is currently limited to supplying no more than 5,000 different wagers on any given day. Industry head John Allen wants to expand that figure by as much as 20x, allowing the service to compete on the same level as international online sportsbooks. The TAB is operated by...

Casino gambling statistics for 2016 have, once more, named Australians the ‘biggest losers‘ in the world. Of the $385 billion lost gambling at casinos, tracks, lotteries, gaming machines and online last year, the US was responsible for the largest amount overall, but Aussies lost the most per person. Australia has a population of just...

Australia is the land of punters, where everyone gambles, and major sporting events are a time of risk-worthy celebration. Whether it’s the Australia Open, the Melbourne Cup or a Sydney United footy, Aussies are always ready to place a bet on TAB or whip out an online betting app. In New South Wales, their...

The world’s largest online gambling operators weren’t very happy with their results in the last quarter of 2016. Numerous sports betting giants reported huge losses on football matches. The unexpected US election of President Donald Trump didn’t help, either. But their Australian gambling arms fared so well, major operators still reported huge gains on...

The New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) has been looking to digitize its monopoly on racing and sports betting in the country. That plan will finally come to fruition as NZR has selected NYX Gaming, a Canadian-listed interactive gaming systems developer, to supply its fixed odds betting platform. NYX Gaming announced this morning that it’s...

Officials in Australia have made it very clear that they will no longer tolerate violations of the law when it comes to online gambling services. Using inducements to attract new punters and reward existing members is not permitted in New South Wales (NSW). Apparently UBET, the online sportsbook wing of Tatts Group, needed a...

Did you ever have one of those days when absolutely everything went your way? How about a full week, or even a month? For gambling software development firm FSB Tech, that stroke of good fortune has lasted an entire year, and they’re anticipating it will continue right on through 2017. The company experienced a...

For well over a decade, due to ambiguous Australia online gambling laws, international casino operators have been accessing the Australian market with no genuine threat of recourse. Now, with new laws inevitably set to formally prohibit Australia online casinos, the industry’s first victim has been claimed. Popular UK-based iGaming operator Vera&John has announced that...