Sports Betting Archive

More real money casinos, poker rooms to exit Australia. A week from now, the number of gambling sites currently operating in Australia is going to plunge. The exodus of real money casinos and poker rooms began late last year, and now that internet gambling laws banning the activity are etched in stone, a new...

VCGLR taking a second look at putting cashless pokies machines in Victoria pubs and clubs. For nearly two years, law makers all over Australia have been debating a number of laws directly effecting the way poker machines can, and cannot, be played. Just this month, the government sealed the deal on a law that...

8th Annual GRWA wraps up today in Sydney, one week after Senate passes IGA to outlaw internet betting. As the yawning sun stretches its rays across the ocean to stroke the Sydney Opera House this a.m., a mass cluster of individuals and industry experts will be gathering within the expansive meeting space of the...

IGA Passes: The end of legal online poker and casino betting Australia coming mid-September. Last week, the Senate approved the Interactive Gambling Amendment bill (IGA), ringing the death knell on most forms of online gambling in the country. All but online sports betting, to be exact. After more than two years of debate and multiple...

Does Bet635 have the exodus of Australia pokies sites to thank for recording first profit in 5 years? For five long years, Bet365 has been a licenced and regulated member of Australia‘s highly restrictive online gambling market. The company has followed the rules to a T, providing Aussies with a sophisticated sportsbook and racebook,...

Betting on football is a popular pastime among Aussies. The Football Federation Australia (FFA) has no problem with punters adding a little interest in the sport. But if those punters happen to be FFA athletes, that’s a whole other matter. According to FIFA regulations, no active member of the league can take part in...

Instituting online gambling safeguards is the primary goal of new government funded study in Australia. Online or on land, gambling is one of Australia’s most lucrative industries. Casinos, tracks and pokies operators generate billions in revenue every year. The government’s coffers are overflowing with its proceeds. Local organizations and athletic departments are largely funded...

When it comes to wagering Australia is the crown jewel of the global gaming industry. Aussies love to gamble, and the industry is constantly providing newer and more convenient ways for them to do it. All of these issues, and more, will be discussed at the annual Australia wagering conference coming to Sydney in...

Senator Nick Xenophon names AFL/NRL Australia’s “biggest gambling addicts”, calls for sports organizations to follow English Football Association, sever ties with Australia online betting brands. For years, there’s been a close relationship between retail and online betting sites, and the sports organizations that make them tick. Its presence has spanned much of the globe,...

The Isle of Man spans 220.9 square miles. The continent of Asia is 17.1 million square miles. It would take approximately 77,411 Isle of Man’s to match the size of Asia. So how is it this minuscule drop in the ocean has become so influential with the world’s most dominating land mass? The answer...