Published
Legal & RegulatorySports Betting

Tabcorp found guilty of illegal gambling advertisements

Aust

tabcorpruling
ralian betting operator Tabcorp has been found guilty of illegally luring consumers to open new betting accounts.

In August 2015, the betting operator promoted an offer giving bonus bets and other rewards as inducements for signing up.

The company was brought to court as it is illegal for bookmakers to publish ads in New South Wales to tempt residents with incentives to gamble or open betting accounts.

Tabcorp had denied the charges, but was found guilty on all three counts at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney and will face sentencing in February.

This is not the first incident that Tabcorp has had to deal with authorities over its promotions. Earlier this year, Australia’s Advertising Standards Bureau ruled a Tabcorp TV advertisement that aired in October had contravened Section 2.8 of the AANA Wagering Advertising and Marketing Communications Code that prohibits gambling and marketing pitches from portraying, condoning or encouraging “excessive participation in wagering activities”.

The ASB said it received complaints about the advertisement as it glorified gambling and suggested that the men had spent the entire weekend gambling and lying to their partners about it.

Tabcorp responded to the allegation saying that it promoted the variety of TAB racing in a “light-hearted and humorous manner and to depict the enjoyment that many Australians derive from using the racing form and watching and racing vision on their phone”.

The Tabcorp case comes after a series of recent prosecutions against a number of other major brands, such as Bet365, Ladbrokes and Unibet.

Premium+ Connections
Premium

RISK

 
Premium

Digitain

 
Premium

Revsharks

 
 
Premium

PIN-UP Partners

 
Premium

GammaStack

 
Premium

Galaxsys

 
Premium

1xBet Partners

 
Premium

Sport Generate

 
Premium

Lynon

 
Premium

Imagine Live

 
Premium Connections
Consultancy

SCCG Management

Executive Profiles
Zeal Network SE

Stefan Tweraser

VIP Play

Les Ottolenghi

Scientific Games

Keshav Pitani

Social & App

Spribe CEO exclusive: Simplicity is the foundation

Spribe CEO David Natroshvili speaks to Gambling Insider abou...

Redefining iGaming: A history of crash games

Crash games is a growing vertical that has taken gambling by...

A certain something: What makes crash games special?

Crash games. They’re simple, they’re easy to learn and,...

Smarter innovation to shape the future

Spribe CCO Giorgi Tsutskiridze discusses the past, present a...

Facing Facts: The corner of quarterly contemplation

With Q1 reports out across the industry, Gambling Insider co...

Taking Stock: A guide to key stock prices across the industry

Gambling Insider tracks prices from some of the industry’s...

15 years of Gambling Insider: From the Founders

Over the last 15 years, Gambling Insider magazine has interv...

15 years of Gambling Insider: The Awards over time

Global Gaming Awards Event Manager Mariya Savova gives us he...