The Latest Breaking News from Sportsbet

‘We stuffed a lot of things up’: Sportsbet CEO slams his company’s past advertising campaigns

Barni Evans laments being involved in an advertising ‘arms race’ and says company did not do enough to stop integrity threats to major sports

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2025

AFL plan to extract more money from gambling faces potential legal challenge

Exclusive: Bookmakers consider fighting proposal to increase fees from 0.9% to 1.5% of turnover from most bets

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2025

Senator pushes for gambling industry influence inquiry

David Pocock is critical of the government for not acting on a landmark report recommending banning gambling ads, linking it to industry lobbying efforts.

AAP · Feb 4, 2025

Betting ads played before, after kids' song shock dad

A fight for a blanket ban on gambling advertising has been reinvigorated after Sportsbet paused promotions on Spotify following an incident.

AAP · Dec 3, 2024

Australian father calls out Spotify for allegedly playing Sportsbet ads during Frozen and Bluey songs

Man says gambling ads ‘potentially damaging’ for his children who regularly listen to Disney and the Wiggles on his account on music streaming app

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2024

Banks and bookmakers tricked by ‘sophisticated’ gambling syndicate may have breached anti-money laundering laws

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show syndicate placed bets with Sportsbet while using another person’s name

The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2024

Knight's Choice an omen for thousands of Hunter punters in the Melbourne Cup

More than 60,000 bets were placed per minute on Melbourne Cup Day.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 6, 2024

The gambling industry is pulling out all the stops to prevent an ad ban, but the evidence is against it

With parliament sitting this week, the federal government is trying to finalise its proposed laws to limit gambling advertising.

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2024

Cocaine-fuelled adviser 'disgraceful' in duping clients

A financial adviser who ripped off almost $500,000 from clients was a drug user who spent about $3000 a week on cocaine, a court has heard.

AAP · May 31, 2024

From memes to sports betting, AFL clubs blur the line between big business and fun

The clubs’ social media teams create a fun, likable voice for fans online. But there is a business beneath all this – or rather, enmeshed with it – that needs to function

The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2024