Wagering

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The latest news, features and analysis on the wagering industry.

Racing Victoria slashes race fields fees in a bid to revive wagering

Faced with wagering on racing falling off a cliff, Racing Victoria has pivoted in its pricing strategy, dropping and simplifying the fees it charges bookmakers to try to push the market back into growth.

TAB outage hits Saturday racing

Tabcorp has apologised to customers after an outage during the peak of Saturday racing prevented betting and payouts.

Against the odds - CrossBet seizes on wagering uncertainty to stay in the race

At a time when closures in the online bookmaking industry are commonplace, CrossBet is taking a different approach in a bid to expand its operations.

Making the Tote great again: Scott pushes national pool as key to parimutuel renaissance

The dream of a national tote pool which could re-invigorate the dying parimutuel betting model in Australia is close to becoming a reality, according to Racing Queensland CEO Jason Scott.

Why New South Wales review could set Tabcorp free

A cap on individual investors owning more than 10 per cent of Tabcorp could be removed by a New South Wales state government review into the funding of the racing industry.

Australia and betr now BlueBet’s sole focus as it opts out of US market

BlueBet has abandoned its push into the United States wagering market and will now focus solely on its betr business in Australia, which is set to step up its generosities to customers during the spring.

A year on, BetStop is making a mark on young demographic

The Australian Communications and Media Authority says more than 28,000 Australians have registered with BetStop in the first 12 months.
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