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BetFair Australia fought for free trade across Australian state boundaries… and won.

BetFair UK: Betfair Customer Services 27 Mar 00:58 In a judgment handed down this morning, the High Court of Australia has struck down the anti-betting exchange laws enacted by the Western Australian government in late 2006. The laws operated to … Continue reading

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BetFair Australia fights for free inter-state trade.

Bookmakers Review: Betfair appears in court in Western Australia and goes under review in New South Wales In the first of three hearings, the online betting exchange explained the seven Justices of the High Court of Australia how the current … Continue reading

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BetFair Australia rebuffed by an Australian state, Western Australia.

Via betting expert Niall O’Connor, the government of Western Australia: Betfair application to publish WA race fields not in the public interest 11/10/07 Betting exchange operator Betfair has had its application to publish Western Australian race fields information rejected, Racing … Continue reading

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Will betting exchanges [BETFAIR] always leave horse racing open to skulduggery??

Reader “Santiburi” answers to Ron Cox’s anti-BetFair diatribe: Even the headline to this article is misleading for readers who don’t really understand the links between the racing and betting industries. In real terms, exchanges haven’t changed anything as regards skullduggery. … Continue reading

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Australia — YES to Gambling (all kinds of)… but NO to BetFair??

Burke Hansen (a San Fancisco attorney): Australians have a reputation as an easy going lot not overly concerned with the moral ambiguities of gambling. State regulated Totalizator Agency Boards (TAB) have offered off site wagering for forty years in every … Continue reading

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Trade on BetFair Australia, go to jail.

If you’re in Western Australia, you may be fined AUS$10,000 or sent to jail for two years. In Tasmania, another Australian state/province (which is also an island), BetFair is perfectly legal, which granted it legality nationally —providing there is no … Continue reading

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Betting exchanges (read it: BetFair) forbidden in part of Australia…

… in a state/province called “Western Australia” —we would have never heard of these lobby-driven legislative wackos, otherwise. Reminder: In 2005, BetFair received a stamp of approval by Tasmania —an Australian state located on a small and marvelous –and biologically … Continue reading

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