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seems they are no longer letting australian residents play on their exchange... been given till monday to withdraw funds...
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Yep. Interesting, I note a few others are the same....Netherlands for example.
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http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7090
There's a thread on it here, seems that Ladbroke's are buying it. |
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Irish-based betting exchange **** (Global Betting Exchange) has abruptly pulled out of the Australian market following an investigation by local media outlet The Australian. A **** spokesman announced that “betting services on Australian races and sports has been stopped. A legal problem has developed. It should be sorted out soon but until further notice we will not be operating on Australian sport.”
The brouhaha began when reporters from The Australian secretly opened an online account with ****, which is not a licensed partner of the Australian Football League, National Rugby League or any of Australia’s horseracing bodies. The Australian claims that their ability to open a **** account makes a mockery of the recent agreement between national sports associations and the government to police the integrity of Aussie sports. **** is a particular concern for integrity watchdogs because the exchange model allows punters to bet on teams/horses to lose. In response to The Australian’s investigation, Racing Victoria’s Rob Hines and Racing NSW’s Peter V’Landys issued a joint call for legislation that would require Australian banks to block money transfers to non-licensed betting operators. AFL general manager Adrian Anderson backed the racing bosses’ call, but used the incident to issue a plea for lifting the ban on licensed operators taking spot bets, which he said “would ensure punters did not go seeking that option on overseas sites.” While **** may have pulled Australian fixtures from their menu, other operators are likely to soon fill the void. Sky Racing’s recent deal with UK racing channel At The Races can only boost the Australian racing industry’s profile abroad, and thus further stoke horse bettors’ appetites for betting on the bob-tailed nags. **** = DAQ |
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That article is from a fair while ago I think, they stopped doing afl and horse racing etc but you could still have an account for other sports. Now you can't even do that.
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Not sure Joel, I recall hearing this a while back also but assumed that DAQ had delayed withdrawl until they were forced, but still perhaps due to this reason. I asked the question on another forum and got this in return. I never had much to do with DAQ anyway.
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Cool, but yeah I am sure i read that one months ago...for a brief period they had aus racing on, but it wasnt for long.
They are even closing accounts in Netherlands and I think also Norway. Not sure what they are up to. |
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Quite a few countries banning BF also, including Germany and Spain recently I believe. It all comes down to dollars and no licence in our case.
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