Calling Into Question
The International All Sports Limited (IAS) organization in Australia is
currently investigating CanBet, a year-old company offering online casino and
poker gambling services in addition to internet-based sportsbetting. CanBet.com
produced questionable yearly results and IAS (the parent company of CanBet) is
calling into question the feasibility of IAS continuing to allow CanBet to offer
gambling and online casino services in the Australian market. Some in the
industry are calling the investigation by IAS a bit hasty considering the
company’s was showing a bit of improvement by the end of the year. The online
casino gambling industry though is very competitive, as is sportsbetting and the
regulatory authorities are in place to ensure that a gambler’s wagers and
account balances are secure.
According to the information released by IAS on the situation CanBet.com
reported pre-tax losses of A$6.41 million. This is the company’s first year of
operation and CanBet encountered several setbacks along the way that contributed
to the losses. The online casino gambling software malfunctioned during the
course of the year in addition to inefficient management and a host of other
issues. IAS announced in a statement to the online casino, poker, and
sportsbetting markets that CanBet’s “overseas business units are being
reviewed.”
IAS as a company achieved favorable year-end revenues and growth prior to
factoring the losses associated with CanBet. Now it comes down to the question
of whether it is better to stop the operations now or to continue to funnel
money into CanBet in the hopes that this year will produce better results now
that the company’s online casino gambling software is fully functioning and some
of the kinks have been worked out. |