In Australia and bookmaker Tabcorp Holdings Limited has reportedly partnered with the Australian Hotels Association to launch a campaign calling on the nation’s states and territories to level the playing field between local totalizator organizations and online sportsbetting providers.
According to a Thursday report from the Australian Associated Press news service, this ‘fair play coalition’ kicked off last week via a series of newspaper and television advertisements depicting online bookmakers such as SportsBet.com.au sending their profits offshore in shipping containers. This push is purportedly also citing a recent filing from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that foreign-owned bookmakers last year sent profits of more…