All News Articles about Australia

Australian Senator David Leyonhjelm is spearheading the launch of an online inquiry into Australia’s online poker market. It is the latest in a series of efforts aiming to stop the…

The Australian Corporation Tribunal has extended the deadline to make a ruling on the long-awaited merger between rivals Tabcorp and Tatts. A decision on the AUS$6.4bn merger was scheduled to…

Regulatory authorities have thrown yet another spanner into the works of the proposed merger between Australian lottery operator Tatts Group and Tabcorp after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)…

Australia-based Tatts Group has secured a new lottery licence for Victoria with a successful bid, giving it exclusivity in the state for the next 10 years. The new licence will…

Australian slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure reported a strong rise in net profit for the first half of the year, after strong growth in its Americas business. Net profit after…

Greg Hunt, the Australian Minister for Sport, has called for the introduction of an Australian version of the UK’s national lottery game as a way of better funding the country’s…

The proposed A$11bn merger between Tabcorp and Australian lottery operator Tatts Group took an ugly turn today when Tabcorp accused the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of siding with…

Sports betting firms OpenBet and Paddy Power Betfair have been announced as the chosen partners of the New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) as it looks to develop and expand its…

Australian operator Sportsbet has defended itself amid controversy over an advert featuring disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson. The minute-and-a-half advert promotes the bookmaker’s new Android application, which promises to put…

Bookmaker Ladbrokes has signed a three year partnership deal with the Australian PGA, which will see it become its official online betting partner. Under the terms of the agreement, Ladbrokes…