When it comes to management style, Richard Segal appears to have learned his trade from listening to Kenny Rogers' The Gambler.

First reactions of the mainland state governments to the deal between Tasmania and the online betting exchange.

Three Croatian brothers accused of a two million euro ($2.4 million) match-fixing fraud may have had a number of soccer officials working for them, the referee at the centre of the trial told a German court on Thursday.

A secret strategy by major Australian sports to petition state governments for a share of the gambling dollar and access to the betting activity of their athletes will be unveiled in two weeks.

A collection of articles regarding the Betfair deal in Tasmania.

It was supposed to be his comeback but the return of Gold Cup legend Best Mate brought only grief at Exeter yesterday.

Stand by for bookmakers refusing to take bets on Italian football.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board held a workshop last week to allow public comments on a variety of new regulations that are currently being considered by regulators.

Premier Paul Lennon will give the go-ahead today to license online betting agency Betfair.

Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon today is expected to reveal his government will license on-line betting exchange agency Betfair.

The State Government has demanded that the AFL explain how football will be protected from potential corruption under its contentious new sports gambling venture with British-based betting exchange Betfair.

888 Holdings, the internet casino and poker house, today allayed fears of a sharp slowdown in online gambling growth, reporting a 56 per cent rise in third-quarter revenues in its first results statement since floating in London in September.

An inquiry about internet gambling provider Fortuna Gaming and its mysterious presence in Las Vegas.

Punters on Betfair, the controversial online betting exchange hoping to win a licence to operate in Australia, gambled $2.5 million on the Melbourne Cup.

The greatest Melbourne Cup victory in history was surprisingly not an outright disaster for bookmakers.

Bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse declared he would be dining on little more than baked beans on toast for dinner after Makybe Diva win on the Melbourne Cup.

Bookmakers around the country were reeling after Makybe Diva took them for the ride of their lives on Tuesday.

Bookmakers say they will brace themselves to take a huge risk against champion Makybe Diva in today's Emirates Melbourne Cup in a bonanza for punters.

Australian bookmakers face a massive payout if favourite Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse today.

Online betting exchange Betfair is days away from obtaining a licence to operate in Australia -- a move that will revolutionise gambling and allow punters to bet on a horse to lose.