Champion Bets • 10th May 2020 What drives market percentages? Whenever market percentages are a topic of conversation, talk turns to illegal wagering. Basically, it refers to people betting with bookmakers that aren’t licensed to operate in Australia.
Champion Bets • 11th November 2019 Do we want – or need – a national tote? Talk of a national tote in Australia has returned, with Chris Roots reporting in the Sydney Morning Herald that “racing authorities are looking to address the leakage of turnover from racing to sport and a more competitive tote product is seen as one of the answers to the problem”.
Champion Bets • 8th August 2019 Better Prices for Punters? SA Racing Adjusts Race Fees Recently, the growing impost of race field fees on bookies and punters were highlighted by online operator TopSport, who made changes to their offer and appealed to racing authorities for better-value fee structures that would help them grow turnover.
Champion Bets • 12th April 2019 A Pollie & The Punt: It's Not Pretty I should start by saying I really don’t want to bag politicians who get on Twitter and actually engage with people. Few of them do it. Worse than just not doing it, however, they have accounts set up anyway which are clearly just run by staff parroting PR garbage and spin.
Champion Bets • 20th February 2019 Could We See Different Betting Shops In Australia? If you’ve spent any time in the UK, you’ll be familiar with their retail betting setup. It’s very different to ours. There’s no familiar TAB signage on the odd street corner or at pubs..
Champion Bets • 6th February 2019 Ben, Bet365 & The Disappearing Dollars Professional punter Ben Krahe is going through an extremely strange and frustrating experience with Bet365. More than $3,000 has disappeared from his account, seemingly without trace.
Champion Bets • 23rd January 2019 Fightback: How On-Course Bookies Plan To Woo Punters Technology has changed the game for many businesses. For on-course bookmakers, it’s had a devastating impact.
Racenet • 4th September 2018 Victorian heavyweights seek an advantage for on-course punters Heavyweights of the Victorian racing industry have flagged the possibility of a radical scheme that could see on-course punters rewarded with higher prices from bookmakers.
Racenet • 3rd July 2018 Minimum bet limits to be introduced in SA In positive news for South Australian punters, the state’s governing body has confirmed it will soon introduce minimum bet limits on thoroughbred racing.
Racenet • 10th April 2018 Increased taxes a major factor in betting restrictions and punter bans With debate about newly introduced state point-of-consumption taxes swirling around the wagering industry, a report commissioned by the federal government has highlighted increased taxation and product fees as a driver of betting restrictions and bans on successful punters.
Racenet • 22nd January 2018 William Hill Australian battles hardly surprising Big changes and ‘rationalisation’ within the Australian wagering market was widely tipped for 2018, though perhaps not quite at this rapid rate.
Champion Bets • 20th December 2017 Ladbrokes Letting Winning Punters Play Again Ladbrokes are one of the biggest players in bookmaking, not just in Australia, but across the world. With a highly visible marketing strategy across racing and major sports, they quickly established the Ladbrokes brand down under, as well as acquiring and maintaining local brands in Betstar and bookmaker.com.au.
Champion Bets • 14th December 2017 Where Aussie Punters Are Splashing Their Cash Whether it’s punters or non-punters, everybody seems to have an opinion on gambling in Australia.
Champion Bets • 29th November 2017 3 Big Headaches For Aussie Bookies The Australian bookmaking industry shows little sign of settling down. With speculation about a fresh round of mergers and consolidations hitting the news, there are difficult times on the horizon for the Aussie bookies.
Punters.com.au • 2nd August 2017 Minimum bet rules: national coverage closer Racing is getting closer to finally having minimum bet rules in place across the whole country, with those states yet to implement them indicating the issue is firmly on the table in the next 12 months.
Punters.com.au • 12th July 2017 Bet365 refuses to pay punter $1.7m in winnings A Northern Irish punter is taking global bookmaking giant bet365 to court in a David vs Goliath battle.
Punters.com.au • 7th July 2017 Sportsbet scale back on South Australian racing Bookmaking giant Sportsbet has stopped offering fixed-odds markets before raceday on South Australian racing. The move is in response to the new South Australian 'punters tax', which came into effect last Saturday, July 1.
Punters.com.au • 7th July 2017 Betfair vs Racing NSW: What are the numbers? Plenty of shots fired last week between Betfair and Racing NSW, each blaming the other for increased charges for punters.
Champion Bets • 21st June 2017 TAB - Tatts merger: what does it mean for punters? The Australian Competition Tribunal this week approved the proposed merger between industry giants Tabcorp and Tatts Group, clearing the way for their long-awaited marriage to finally go ahead.
Champion Bets • 8th February 2017 CrownBet crack the club scene Corporate bookmaker CrownBet look to have scored a major coup, signing an agreement with Clubs NSW which will give them a presence in NSW venues – ending Tabcorp’s longtime stranglehold over the space.