All News Articles about Australia

The Australian government has announced that it will look to ban all gambling related advertisements during live sports broadcasts taking place before the established industry watershed of 8:30pm. Prime Minister…

Transatlantic private equity firm Pacific Consortium have withdrawn their proposed takeover bid for Australian gambling operator Tatts Group. The withdrawal follows the Tatts board's decision to deny Pacific access to…

In a continued effort to crack down on problem online gambling, an agreement has been reached among federal, state, and territory ministers in Australia. Under a number of sweeping new…

Pacific Consortium has agreed to allow Tatts to continue to pay dividends to its corporate shareholders, even if the proposed AUS$7.3bn takeover deal doesn't conclude until 2018. Following their recent…

The Australian federal government is poised to introduce new laws as early as next week to ban gambling advertising during live sports television broadcasts. According to The Australian, Communications Minister…

Ladbrokes Coral continues to grow steadily in Australia in the face of possible upcoming changes in regulation. From 1 July South Australia will introduce a 15% tax on all bets…

Pacific Consortium have today submitted a record AUS$7.3bn all-cash offer for the Australian gambling operator Tatts Group equating to $4.21 per share. The group, which is a joint-venture between London…

As of today, 32Red will not accept any new registrations from any Australian punters. In line with Australia's new legislation, 32Red has decided to withdraw its services from the country.…

Australia’s federal government has passed the Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 in order to close a number of regulatory loopholes, in turn placing a ban on online poker and live sports…

The Federal Court has fined gaming operator giant, Tabcorp $45m for breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws on 108 occasions over a five-year period. In July 2015, AUSTRAC…