Location: Australia

Australian gambling regulator blocks four illegal gambling sites

16 April 2025 at 8:01am UTC-4
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has asked Australian internet service providers to block a list of illegal gambling sites. An investigation by the regulator ...

Australian politicians gifted AU$245,000 worth of sports tickets while mulling ban on online sports betting ads

16 April 2025 at 7:33am UTC-4
Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, received tickets to sports matches worth around AU$245,000 between June 2023 and March 2025, while considering a ...

Australian online sports betting market consolidates as Betr parent completes acquisition of TopSport

1 April 2025 at 6:41am UTC-4
Australia’s Bluebet Holdings Ltd, which operates online sports betting platform Betr, said Tuesday that it has successfully completed the acquisition of smaller market rival ...

Analyst cautious over competitive strength of Aristocrat’s igaming business

27 March 2025 at 7:36am UTC-4
Despite its growing focus on online gaming, Australian gaming giant Aristocrat remains competitively better positioned in its traditional gaming machine segment than in iGaming ...

Illegal offshore operators comprise 15% of Australian market, Sportsbet Chief Executive says

13 March 2025 at 7:08am UTC-4
Illegal offshore operators now comprise 15% of Australia’s online sports betting market. The figure, which is growing, highlights one of the key challenges licensed operators ...

Bally’s bids to acquire Australia’s Star Entertainment Group

10 March 2025 at 8:07am UTC-4
US casino investor and interactive gaming operator Bally’s Corporation has made a last-minute bid to acquire Australian casino group, Star Entertainment Group The news comes ...

Flutter’s Aussie sportsbook Sportsbet reports Q4 declines on lower racing revenue, higher taxes

5 March 2025 at 6:58am UTC-5
Australia’s market leading online sportsbook Sportsbet reported an 8% year-on-year decline in revenue to US$346 million in the three months to 31 December 2024, with the company ...

Flutter Entertainment swings loss to profit in fourth quarter

5 March 2025 at 4:28am UTC-5
Flutter Entertainment, the parent company of FanDuel, reversed a US$902 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2023 to a US$156 million profit a year later. The news was disclosed ...

Live odds TV commercials scrapped before NRL and AFL seasons

27 February 2025 at 8:02am UTC-5
For the first time in several years, Australian sportsbook Sportsbet will not air its live odds commercials, which display the latest gambling odds during breaks in National Rugby ...

Entain Australia executive resigns amid money laundering scandal

21 February 2025 at 6:41am UTC-5
The sports betting and gambling company Entain Group has been dealt a further resignation after being taken to Australian federal court by the Australian regulator AUSTRAC in ...