Sportsbet and Tabcorp have pushed back against explosive allegations about industry conduct aired at a Senate inquiry, as the wagering industry warns proposed advertising reforms could have unintended consequences of moving punters offshore and damaging related industries such as racing.
Each season, the champion general, broodmare, first-season, second-season, two-year-old and three-year-olds sires are celebrated, but there are other ways to cut the cake when it comes to sire influence. This week’s Run The Numbers takes a final look back at the 2025/26 Australian racing season through that lens.
The racing industry's reliance on bookmaker generosities to boost revenue has come under the spotlight in a Senate Committee hearing, which earlier heard evidence that bookies offered illegal incentives, including drugs and escorts, to gambling addicts.
Brian McGuire will step into the Coolmore racing manager role, replacing John Kennedy.
The chief executives of Racing Australia, Racing Victoria, Racing NSW and Thoroughbred Breeders Australia will represent racing’s interests at a key Senate inquiry next week into the federal government’s proposed changes to wagering advertising laws.
The Supreme Court will determine if Sportsbet has to refund thousands of bets placed via its in-play Fast Code service in a class action case set to begin on Monday.
New Zealand's greyhound racing industry stages its final races on Friday, bringing the curtain down on the sport and shifting attention to the rehoming of around 1400 dogs.
Strong World Cup engagement, product-led customer retention and tighter cost controls helped betr post its first cash flow-positive quarter in five years, hailed by the bookmaker as a turning point in its trajectory.
A key review into the NSW Thoroughbred Racing Act is expected to be completed within days, with a revised July 31 deadline for Brad Hazzard to deliver his report.
The decline of participation in Australia’s two-year-old ranks is accelerating, prompting strategic resets by some of the country’s biggest stables, and questions about whether the racing program needs to adapt to meet the new reality, writes Bren O’Brien.
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