In the next eight days, bookies and punters will go head-to-head at two of Australia’s best-known country carnivals. No one is entitled to win, but vibrant betting rings give those on either side the opportunity to finish in front.
Punters may be changing their behaviour as belts tighten due to broader economic clouds, but publicly listed wagering company betr remains confident in its pursuit of profitability and growth.
The role third-party data providers play in the boom of illegal betting sites has been called into question, with one of the world’s biggest sports integrity data companies forced to deny it was providing services to black-market bookmakers.
A group of punters have been warned by Tabcorp that they face legal action if they try to circumvent a permanent ban placed on them this week by the wagering company.
Sportsbet has become the latest big bookmaker to cut jobs, reducing its headcount by 7.5 per cent, as it responds to what it described as a “more competitive and challenging environment”.
A key wagering regulator has upheld bet365’s rights to reverse a $53,585 payment to a punter over what was found to be a systems error involving a sports multi.
Local turnover on last month’s NZB Kiwi fell 22 per cent compared to 2025 with Entain New Zealand’s Sam Moncur saying a change of customer behaviour led to an overall drop off in racing investment.
Australia’s communications regulator has reported that wagering companies are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to personalise betting, detect fraud and identify harmful behaviour.
Victorian punters will join those in New South Wales with greater access to live in-play betting on sport after the state’s regulator approved the roll out of Tabcorp’s TAB Live product.
While a friendly timezone is likely to see Australian punters highly engaged in June’s FIFA World Cup, one major global player has raised the expanded format as a potential margin risk for bookmakers.
