Australian operator Sportsbet is being held responsible for a large number of wagers it had cancelled after claiming the odds were posted erroneously. It's a rare example of an operator of any kind being held to account for wagers cancelled under terms like, "obvious or manifest errors”. The imbroglio over the cancelled wagers started when…
Is facial recognition technology the answer to the online gambling industry's challenges with age and identity verification? That's a question that was asked recently by the Australian Department of Home Affairs. Officials are considering exactly that sort of plan but, not surprisingly, there are privacy issues that need to be considered before any online gambling…
In the age of regulated sports betting in the United States, the NFL may have to have a new motto, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." That phrase seems particularly germane when paired with the news that the NFL has just inked, what is certainly, a massive deal with Tabcorp to become their official…
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are calling it quits on a lengthy investigation into whether or not officials at Tabcorp gave $200,000 to family members and associates of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. After three years of inquiry, the AFP found no evidence of wrongdoing by Tabcorp executives or employees. At the heart of the…
Australians who want to use their credit cards to do things like make deposits at online casinos will not be able to use cards issued by Macquarie. The Aussie financial group has bowed to pressure from the country's anti-gambling faction and has banned the use of their cards for most transactions involving the gaming industry,…
Lottoland is a Gibraltar-based gaming outfit that's dead set on disrupting world lottery markets. But judging by the fights they've had trying to stay in the Australian market, it's pretty clear that local and federal governments don't have much interest in seeing their lottery markets disrupted. Last year, at the behest of Australian news peddler…
Australian military veterans are joining in the fight against poker machines and other gambling devices in the Land Down Under. Members of the Returned and Services League (RSL), a group that's been active in Australia for more than 100 years, are pushing their leadership to remove poker machines from the group's clubhouses and focus more…
Representatives of Australian online gambling operator PointBet recently appeared before a magistrate in the New South Wales District Court to face charges of illegally promoting deposit bonuses. They're just the latest operator to face the wrath of the law in New South Wales as regulators crack down on practices, such as deposit bonuses, that have…
Sports betting is big business in Australia and that makes the country a prime target for match-fixers, organized crime and other unsavory elements. But the Aussie government is looking to stay several steps ahead of the bad guys with the introduction of powerful new agency called the Sports Betting Integrity Unit. The new commission should…
Lottoland, the Australian digital lottery operator, just can’t seem to catch a break in the Land Down Under. Ever since a bruising legal battle halted Lottoland from offering wagering on Aussie lotteries, the company has tweaked its business model to emphasize wagering on financial markets instead. That tweak has spawned not one, but three separate…
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