Facing Online Competition
The bookmaking industry in Australia is getting particularly competitive in
recent months because of an influx of international companies into the market
and an increase in the land and online punters expectations from their bookies.
Tabcorp is one of the major bookmaking companies in Victoria and the company is
having a bit of a hard time keeping up with the competition. To address Tabcorp
has announced that it is slowly switching over its system and will offer full
fixed odds on all horse races by the end of the year. There has been a lot of
talk and governmental action in the Aussie online casino gambling industry as
the government tries to force out illegal competition; but even with that
effort, companies like Tabcorp are being forced to make their odds and offerings
much more competitive – a surefire benefit for gamblers within the Aussie
betting market.
Tabcorp is really the giant in the industry – the company has a lot to offer and
land bookie shops all over Victoria. The decision to begin offering fixed-odds
betting is not only the rise of illegal competition from online casinos and
internet sports betting sites, but also because of the rise of corporate
bookies. As these numbers increase in Victoria and throughout Australia the
smaller companies will have a harder time competing with the lower odds and
special incentives the corporate bookies can offer punters.
The new fixed-odds betting is launching at all TABs all throughout the country.
The idea being that punters will clearly have the fixed-odds betting choice by
the end of the year and will be able to locate this new service easily within
each and every TAB bookie office. |