The NSW Supreme Court ordered Entain and the AHA to provide Tabcorp access to documents that laid the legal foundation for their agreement. Once Tabcorp reviews them, provided all communication is adequately surrendered, Tabcorp will be in a better position to support its legal claim.<\/p>\n
Tabcorp believes that Entain and the AHA may have broken the law with the arrangement but needs more proof. At the very least, Tabcorp believes the AHA isn\u2019t acting in good faith vis-\u00e0-vis the agreement between it and Tabcorp.<\/p>\n
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The AHA, like Entain, has also denied any wrongdoing. It sent a written response to Tabcorp after the news surfaced last October, stating, \u201cIt … remains our position that none of the arrangements as announced by AHA NSW and Entain do anything to undermine Tabcorp\u2019s retail exclusivity, nor are they in contravention of any laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The agreement allows Entain to establish \u201cLadbrokes Lounges\u201d at certain AHA venues. While they won\u2019t offer sports betting directly, Tabcorp believes the lounges are an attempt to muscle in on its territory.<\/p>\n
The company told the court to support the claim that the lounges, as Entain describes them, will offer \u201cthe best seats in the house to [the venue\u2019s] Ladbrokes or Neds customers.\u201d In addition, Entain is willing to pay a venue AU$5,000 (US$3,334) if its Ladbrokes Lounge has betting turnover of AU$1.2 million (US$800,160) or more in a year.<\/p>\n
Aussie Betting on the Rise<\/h2>\n Entain has seen an increase in its sports betting revenue in Australia, which may have been the catalyst to seek rapid expansion. Its recent financial health update covering 2022 announced that its net gaming revenue in Australia added 12% last year compared to 2021.<\/p>\n
This improvement didn\u2019t reach all of the company\u2019s operations, with Entain reporting an overall 88% drop in groupwide profit. After taxes, it made US$40 million, driven mainly by decreased activity at BetMGM in the US.<\/strong><\/p>\nEntain is also looking for better returns out of the eSports space. It announced this week that it had signed an agreement to purchase Sportsflare, the eSports betting development arm of Tiidal Gaming.<\/p>\n
That deal will reportedly be worth US$13.25 million once consummated. For that to happen, Tiidal\u2019s board and shareholders have to sign off on it, with a vote possible by the end of April.<\/p>\n
The news helped give Tiidal\u2019s stock a boost. Trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange as TIDL went from $0.07 to $0.65 in less than a day.<\/p>\n
Entain can\u2019t say the same. Its stock started Wednesday morning at around \u00a31,256 (US$1,523) on the London Stock Exchange and had fallen to \u00a31,199 (US$1,448) as of press time. That\u2019s after falling from a March high of \u00a31,399 (US$1,696) a week ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Entain entered a new partnership in Australia with the New South Wales (NSW) Australian Hotels Association (AHA) last October. It was billed as a \u201cmarketing agreement,\u201d but now, the gaming company is moving closer to taking legal action against its rival and the AHA. Tabcorp, which has an exclusive agreement with the AHA, announced it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":264298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,60],"tags":[81985,80968,82885],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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