As a campaign to preserve greyhound racing ramps up, advocates are calling for the Australian industry to effectively blacklist punters from jurisdictions that ban the sport.
Punters in New Zealand and Tasmania would be stopped from betting on greyhound racing in mainland Australia as part of a proposed industry response to those jurisdictions’ looming bans on the sport.
Amid the campaign to preserve the sport, which is under political threat in almost every state and territory in Australia, advocates for greyhound racing want to punish those jurisdictions that have banned the sport but would still benefit from wagering interstate or overseas.
Greyhound Racing New Zealand is leading the charge, demanding that if the sport is banned in the country, which is slated to happen in July 2026, then Kiwis should also be prohibited from betting on Australian greyhound racing, which generates $238 million annually in New Zealand.
This is compared to the $112 million a year spent by Kiwis on the local greyhound industry.
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