Oceania

Betfair Australia is targeting savvy customers with the launch of its new marketing campaign ‘The Game Within The Game’. The advertising campaign has been developed by Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne, who stated that they wanted to move Betfair away from generic themes and messaging which have inundated Australian sports betting marketing. Leading the campaign’s creative context, Mark Cochrane, MD of …

Updating the market, the governance of Australia ASX-listed Tabcorp Holdings Plc has provided a corporate update on its AUS $11 billion merger with Tatts Group, which will create the ‘outright Australian gambling market leader’. The Supreme Court of Victoria has ordered for a meeting of Tatts shareholders on Wednesday 18 October to vote on the proposed Tabcorp-Tatts combination. In preparation …

Updating the market, Australian ASX-listed racing pools operator TopBetta Holdings has confirmed that it has raised AUS $9 million (€6 million) to expand its international services.   The funding round has seen TopBetta governance place an allotment of +21.4 million shares priced at 42 cents, with firm securing investment from ASX institutional investors. Moving forward, TopBetta governance seeks to expand …

Updating the market, Australian ASX-listed gambling operator Tabcorp Holdings has confirmed the promotion of Adam Rytenskild as new Chief Operating Officer of its Wagering & Media division. Tabcorp makes the appointment in preparation for the retirement of Craig Nugent as leader of the division later this year. Since 2000, Rytenskild has served in a variety of Tabcorp group senior executive …

Updating the market, FTSE-listed GVC Holdings has informed that it has withdrawn all poker operations for the Australian market. The operator will no longer service its partypoker brand, following this month’s introduction by the Australian Senate of provisions amending the ‘2001 Interactive Gambling Bill’ banning online poker and in-play sports betting services offered by online gambling operators. partypoker, GVC’s lead …

Australian telecoms and media firm Optus has formed an agreement with Tabcorp Holdings to broadcast English Premier League matches across the operator’s land-based retail network. The agreement sees Optus open up its exclusive Premier League content, making it available to the general public across 4,500 syndicated Tabcorp venues. Moving forward, Optus Sports Premier League content will be installed at Tabcorp …

The Australian Senate has moved to revamp and amend the nation’s ‘Interactive Gambling Bill’, adding a number of new provisions and restrictions for internet gambling service providers. This Wednesday, the Senate approved the passing of its ‘2016 Amendment Bill’ seeking to overhaul a number of provisions within Australia’s existing ‘2001 Interactive Gambling Bill’. The new provisions have been designed to …

Major Australian operator Tabcorp believes it has learned some lessons in its involvement with new UK operator Sun Bets, although these appear to have come at a rather expensive cost. The performance of the brand was one of three major deficits to Tabcorp’s balance sheet, which has seen the company report a loss for the financial year of AU$20.8m (£12.6m) …

Ladbrokes Coral Plc has confirmed that Jason Scott will serve as its CEO of Ladbrokes Australia, following a ‘successful time in charge’ as the division’s interim leader. Last February, Scott was appointed interim CEO of Ladbrokes Australia, following the departure of Dean Shannon. Prior to the interim appointment, Scott had served as the division’s Trading Director. A key stakeholder in …

James Packer’s CrownBet has again reiterated its stance against the AUS $11 billion merger of Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group Plc, by filing a judiciary appeal against the deal’s progress. CrownBet joins the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) in demanding a new competition review of Tabcorp-Tatts, stating that review body Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) had acted in an ‘inconsistent’ …