Sport is made for betting

Sportingbet started the trend by purchasing No1 Betting Shop from Vanuatu and then moving them to Darwin, Paddy Power got into the act by snapping up Sportsbet and IAS, and then Centrebet started preening their feathers in public trying to woo as many prospective buyers as they could. Anecdotal evidence suggests that several other Australian firms are available to buy, as most of the original owners are approaching retirement age. BWin, William Hill, Ladbrokes, 888 and others were mentioned as prospective suitors for Centrebet but it all seems to have gone very quiet lately. BWin have tied up with Party Gaming which should keep them busy plus neither are shy about attracting Australian customers despite laws against online casino and poker operations; William Hill's online division is 29% owned by Playtech, another company with fingers in many bingo, casino and poker pies which reach Australia either organically or by targetted marketing; Ladbrokes are still involved in the bid f...

In 2005, Betfair chose to leave Cryptologic after a plethora of problems and go it alone, by acquiring Danish company Pokerchamps. After spending squillions on marketing and development, yet only coming up 17th in the poker room rankings according to one leading site last year, they've finally bitten the bullet and decided to sack it. There's little point signing up big name players if they can't play on your site because there just aren't the cash games that can't handle their business. So Betfair is now heading to Playtech is this story is to be believed. Playtech to sign up Betfair for Poker, Casino, Bingo Changing casino means Chartwell lose out and most probably, the Zero Lounge, the unique Betfair feature Bert Black insisted on if Betfair were going to sell their soul and profit directly from customers, will be scrapped as well. I'm surprised Bingo has taken so long to get off the ground at Betfair Towers - they've really been left behind on this one. ...