Positive Side To Betfair's NSW Venture

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Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 mgowanbo.cc

Whilst Racing NSW worries about betting exchange's license application, Tasmania says it's a good thing

The controversial news that online betting exchange Betfair is in negotiations with the New South Wales state government for an operational gambling license upset the state's horseracing fraternity but can bring real benefits according to the Tasmanian Thoroughbred Racing Council.  Betfair already holds a Tasmanian license.

The debut of Betfair in Tasmania has increased prize money and introduced a new type of punter to horse racing, the chair of the state's thoroughbred racing council says.  Tasmanian Thoroughbred Racing Council chairman Rod Thirkell-Johnston said he was concerned about the integrity of racing in the island state when Betfair was first granted approval, but those fears, so far, had come to nothing.

"I was very concerned about the integrity side of it, and I have to say my first opinion about Betfair was probably wrong," said Thirkell-Johnston. "There's been no problems with Betfair at all. It's been very straight forward.

"They've been able to monitor the integrity satisfactorily."

Betfair, a joint venture between the UK-based Betfair and the Packer family's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, began it's operations in Tasmania in February 2006 for a A$5 million licence fee.

At the time the state's racing industry said the licence - which effectively ended the TAB's virtual monopoly on horse race gambling - would strip profits from state authorities and encourage corruption, reports Asia Pulse.

Thirkell-Johnston said Betfair had given a boost to the Tasmanian racing industry, raising stakes by an average of about A$3 000 a race to a minimum of A$12 000.

"It's providing very valuable revenue," he said. "Income from Betfair supplemented from the income from the tote has enabled stakes to be at their present level."

The state's TAB had not been affected by the introduction of Betfair and its revenue had actually increased slightly this year, the racing official declared. He said this was because Betfair had attracted the younger, more computer savvy "generation-Y" types to punting.

"It is those sort of people who are Betfair customers," he said. "Not your everyday, wander off the street punter.

"So what it has done is bring new business into racing."

The New South Wales government is currently considering amending its regulations to allow Betfair to have a presence in the state, with the betting exchange presently banned from sponsoring races or advertising.

The Australian Racing Board joined the fray today (Tuesday) warning that the betting exchange concept "....could destroy the integrity of Australian horse racing."  Western Australia has banned the company from using its racing fields.

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其积极的一面，以必发的新南威尔士州创业
2007-10-30

虽然赛车的新南威尔士州的后顾之忧博彩交易所的许可证申请，塔斯马尼亚州说，这是个好东西

引起争议的消息说，网上博彩交易所必发，是在谈判中，与新南威尔士州政府为一项业务赌博执照扰乱了国家的赛马联谊会 ，而且可以带来实实在在的利益，根据有关塔斯马尼亚纯血赛马会。必发现时持有的塔斯马尼亚执照。

首次亮相，必发，在塔斯马尼亚增加了奖金，并介绍了一种新型的punter以赛马，主持会议的国家的纯血赛马会说。塔斯马尼亚纯血赛马会主席杆瑟克尔-约翰斯顿表示，他很担心完整的赛车在这个岛国时，必发是第一个获批准的，但这些恐惧，所以截至目前为止，已经到了没有。

"我是很关心的完整性方面来看，我不得不说我的第一个看法，必发，可能是错的，说： "瑟克尔-约翰斯顿。 "还有的已经没有问题，必发于所有。它的非常直截了当。

"他们已经能够监测完整圆满"

必发，合资企业，总部位于英国的必发和封隔器家族的出版和广播有限公司，开始了它的行动，在塔斯马尼亚，在2006年2月为500万美元的牌照费。

在当时国家的赛车业表示，该牌照-有效地结束统计表的几乎垄断了赛马赌博-将带的利润是来自国家机关，并鼓励腐败，报道亚洲的脉搏。

瑟克尔-约翰斯顿说，必发均给予一个有力地推动了塔斯马尼亚赛车产业，提高股权，平均约3000美元的竞赛，以最低的为12000 。

"它提供了非常有价值的收入， "他说。 "收入从必发补充，从收入从细斗，使利害关系将在目前水平。 "

国家的统计表没有受到影响，由引进必发而其收入实际上已略有增加，今年赛车场正式宣布。他说，这是因为必发，吸引了年轻的，更多的电脑产品的"一代钇型"向punting 。

"这是那些样的人，必发客户， "他说。 "不是你的，每天徜徉在街头出没punter 。

"所以这件事，是把新的业务到赛车"

新南威尔士州政府目前正在考虑修改规定，允许必发有一个驻留在该国，与博彩交易所，目前禁止从赛事赞助或广告。

澳洲赛车局加入竞争，今天（星期二）警告说，博彩交流概念… …可以摧毁的完整性澳洲赛马活动。 "西澳大利亚州已经禁止该公司使用其赛车场。

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Betfair Pleased Wtih Tasmanian Whitelisting

Thursday, January 17, 2008 mgowanbo.cc

Betfair Australia is set to widen advertising activity

The decision by the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport to grant whitelist status on UK advertising to the Tasmanian gambling jurisdiction, but not Kahnawake or Antigua is good news for betting group Betfair's Aussie subsidiary, says a spokesman.

Talking to Australia's ABC News, Andrew Twaits from Betfair Australia predicted the move will entice more punters to go online to bet on Australian sports. The whitelist strategy is designed to ensure strictly controlled gambling advertising in the UK by companies regulated by bona fide jurisdictions.

Betfair Australia is likely to aggressively pursue a bigger slice of the English market, as it is licensed by Tasmania and says it can now advertise its Australian services to UK customers.

"We have a tremendous pool of overseas customers who we think would be really interested in betting in Australian racing and sporting events," Twaits said. "So it was very important for us to do whatever we could to help Tasmania, do whatever we could to make sure Tasmania was on the white list so we can advertise over there."

"It's fantastic news for Betfair as a business, and it's great news for Tasmania because they share in our success," he said.

The listing will not help all Tasmanian licensed gambling groups - TOTE Tasmania cannot take advantage of the whitelisting, because it is legally not permitted to advertise outside of the state.

中文报道：
必发很高兴塔斯马尼亚成为英国广告白名单一员

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Betfair Poker Row

Friday, February 01, 2008 mgowanbo.cc

20 online players requested to return over GBP 100 000 in unfair winnings

The UK newspaper The Telegraph reports that the online poker division of gambling group Betfair is demanding that around 20 online poker players return more than GBP 100 000 in "winnings" after the company became the victim of a late-night computer glitch.

The newspaper claims that Betfair is pursuing those who profited from the computer error, although the company has not yet commented on the issue.

The Telegraph report claims that Betfair has written to a number of account holders "accusing them of collusion and ordering them to repay the money this week or face possible legal action."

Players are alleged to have taken advantage of an unspecified computer glitch in some tournament games, which led to Betfair making erroneous payments to every participant in "certain all-in situations".

These are where a player stakes all his chips on the outcome of a single hand. The coup has quickly become folklore on poker chat sites, with one participant on the twoplustwo.com message board posting a succinct explanation of what happened:

"The winner got the standard 1st place prize money. The 2nd place person got the 2nd place prize money. And the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th players also got 2nd place prize money!!!," the poster alleged.

"Obviously chaos ensued, with people testing it out again and moving up to the largest stakes possible. They were just all going all-in every hand as they were guaranteed to profit!" he continued.

Betfair apparently rectified the glitch after a few hours and stopped large amounts being paid out. While talk that it paid out GBP 4 million too much is probably well wide of the mark, Betfair is pursuing those who deliberately profited from the computer error.

In an email to one player, Betfair wrote: "You recently received payments from playing Sit & Go STTs [single table tournaments] on Betfair Poker in circumstances that resulted in greater payouts than intended."

Betfair said such games "were incorrectly set up to pay everyone involved in certain all-in situations and this was exploited by you and others to generate substantial returns in a short space of time. As I'm sure you can understand, the winnings received as a result of this exploitation must be returned."