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THE landmark legal challenge to overturn a fee aimed at funding the NSW horseracing industry should fail because Betfair has not shown the fee was a the burden on its business, the Federal Court has heard. Justin Gleeson, SC, counsel for the racing regulator...
Tags: NSW, Betfair, races nsw, Tabcorp Holdings, Mr Twaits, corporate bookmakers, gross revenue, Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Business Finance, Mathematics of bookmaking, Horse racing, Betting exchanges, Bookmakers
TAB account services'' at Australia Post offices has been attacked by anti-gambling campaigners as inappropriate and dangerous. From next month people will be able to apply for a TAB betting account, make betting deposits and withdrawals and obtain balances...
Tags: Australia Post, betting account, tab account, Hungary, Tab, Tabcorp Holdings, Horse racing, Business Finance, Bookmakers, Totalizator Agency Board, Gambling, John Brumby, Betfair, Bank, Deposit account, Betting exchanges
Adelaide United Skipper Travis Dodd, who played for Panionios in the match, remains baffled about the result...Cape Town on Tuesday to deal with this week's revelations of match-fixing across at least nine European leagues involving up to 200 matches.
Tags: Greece, Athens, allnews, Match fixing, Robert Hoyzer, Travis Dodd, Grant Brebner, Nea Smyrni Stadium, Abbas Saad, Sports law, Italian football scandal, Betfair, Melbourne Victory FC, Panionios
THE betting exchange half owned by James Packer's Crown Limited has accused the peak body of the NSW racing industry of first planning to ''eradicate them'' and, when that did not succeed, attempting to hobble its business with crippling fees.
Tags: NSW, Australia, Sydney, Tabcorp Holdings, Betfair, Horse racing, Betting exchanges, Bookmakers, Betfair Pty Limited v Western Australia, Gambling, New South Wales, Business Finance, Crown Limited
Nick Williams left the racing world guessing as to Diamond Harry's future target after he sparkled under top weight in the £100,000 Timeform Betfair Racing Club 'Fixed Brush' Handicap Hurdle at Haydock. The Cheltenham Festival third turned what would...
Tags: Williams, Ireland, Dublin, Horse racing in Japan, Horse racing in New Zealand, Timeform, Betfair, Horse racing, Horse racing in Australia, Horse racing in Great Britain
E ach week since the twilight of September, the headlines have been heralding the arrival of the jumps season. But you only know it's arrived for certain when the dual Gold Cup winner steps onto the stage. Icons invariably polarise opinion and Kauto Star...
Tags: Kauto Star, Paul Nicholls, United Kingdom, Cheltenham, Betfair Chase, Ruby Walsh, Master Minded, Punjabi, Cheltenham Gold Cup, Denman, Betfair, Exotic Dancer, King George VI Chase, allnews, Human Interest
Nicholls is confident the testing conditions at Haydock this afternoon will not be a problem for Kauto Star when he makes his eagerly-anticipated return in the Betfair Chase. The dual Gold Cup hero has been off the track since securing the second of his...
Tags: Kauto Star, Haydock, China, Hong Kong, Paul Nicholls, King George VI Chase, Voy Por Ustedes, Ryanair Chase, Denman, Cheltenham Racecourse, Ruby Walsh, Betfair, Walsh, allnews, Betfair Chase, Paul Carberry, Iris's Gift, Master Minded, Amlin 1965 Chase, National Hunt racing, My Way de Solzen, Cheltenham Gold Cup, Luca Cumani, Epsom Derby, Kieren Fallon
IN A landmark case for punters, the controversial betting exchange Betfair claims it is suffering a ''discriminatory burden of a protectionist kind'' in the form of a 1.5 per cent turnover tax imposed on it by Racing NSW.
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THE chief executive of Betfair, Andrew Twaits, will accuse the NSW horse racing authority of colluding with Tabcorp to try to force his company out of business in that state. Mr Twaits is expected to level the accusation as part of his evidence in a Federal...
Tags: Tabcorp, Racing NSW, businesses model, corporates bookmakers, Betfair, gross revenue, Australia, Sydney, Tabcorp Holdings, Gambling, Betting exchanges, Bookmakers, Business Finance
He started Churchill's account wagering company, TwinSpires.com, one year later. Evans said his worry is that 90 percent of betting on his tracks' races comes from off-site locations, largely other racetracks and off-track betting parlors outside his...
Tags: Churchill Downs Inc., Youbet, Bob Evans, account wagers, Louisville, Off-track betting, Betfair, Horse racing, Magna Entertainment Corp., Business Finance, Churchill Downs Incorporated, TVG Network, Churchill Downs