MYSTERIOUS: 2 - What They Never Told You

'Popular' bets fail punters as inducements questioned

The ways gambling companies induce people to bet more than they otherwise would are being questioned, along with the opaque nature of promotions.

AAP · Jul 25, 2025

Afternoon Update: PM says Trump’s tariffs ‘unjustified’; court rejects appeal in landmark Yunupingu case; and 100 days with an artificial heart

Anthony Albanese says the US decision to slap tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium is ‘not a friendly act’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2025

‘We stuffed a lot of things up’: Sportsbet CEO slams his company’s past advertising campaigns

Barni Evans laments being involved in an advertising ‘arms race’ and says company did not do enough to stop integrity threats to major sports

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2025

‘Grooming our children’: politicians demand Sportsbet pull promotional filters from Snapchat

Exclusive: Monique Ryan, Kate Chaney, Andrew Wilkie and Sarah Hanson-Young all call for gambling giant to remove the social media ads immediately

The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2024

Australian children seeing gambling ads via Sportsbet filter on instant messaging app Snapchat

Exclusive: Filters, including one that turns a person into a horse, include Sportsbet logos and direct 18+ users to open a gambling account

The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2024

Betting ads played before, after kids' song shock dad

A fight for a blanket ban on gambling advertising has been reinvigorated after Sportsbet paused promotions on Spotify following an incident.

AAP · Dec 3, 2024

Australian father calls out Spotify for allegedly playing Sportsbet ads during Frozen and Bluey songs

Man says gambling ads ‘potentially damaging’ for his children who regularly listen to Disney and the Wiggles on his account on music streaming app

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2024

Banks and bookmakers tricked by ‘sophisticated’ gambling syndicate may have breached anti-money laundering laws

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show syndicate placed bets with Sportsbet while using another person’s name

The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2024

Knight's Choice an omen for thousands of Hunter punters in the Melbourne Cup

More than 60,000 bets were placed per minute on Melbourne Cup Day.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 6, 2024

The gambling industry is pulling out all the stops to prevent an ad ban, but the evidence is against it

With parliament sitting this week, the federal government is trying to finalise its proposed laws to limit gambling advertising.

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2024