The head of Australia's largest online sports betting company and the chair of a parliamentary inquiry looking into internet gambling have shared a tense encounter in Canberra over whether successful gamblers get blocked from betting.
The inquiry has heard evidence that some companies will reduce maximum bets or block access entirely when gamblers are on a successful run.
House of Representatives committee chair Peta Murphy said she knew someone personally who had experienced this treatment, and pursued SportsBet and Entain, the parent company of Ladbrokes and Neds, on the issue at a hearing in Canberra on Tuesday.
