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TABCORP
Address: 5 Bowen Crescent, Melbourne 3004,Victoria, Australia.
Internet: http://www.tabcorp.com.au
E-mail Address: email contact online
Phone: 61 (3) 9868 2979
Fax: 61 (3) 9868 2999
Website: www.tabcorp.com.au
CEO, Managing Director: Elmer Funke Kupper
Revenue FY 2007 : $3,883.7 million (Total Revenue)
Number of Employees: 12,000
Company Type:
Exchange:
Public, ASX:TAH


Background Information

Tabcorp International Pty Ltd is a subsidiary of Tabcorp Holdings Limited, Australia's premier entertainment, gambling and leisure group.
Tabcorp is a provider of responsible gambling operations across multiple jurisdictions, with unmatched operational expertise in diverse gaming activities.
Tabcorp International represents Tabcorp in the international market, supplying systems, monitor games, terminals, professional services and operational expertise, leveraged through and complemented by strategic alliances. Unique technology products include:

  • Racetrax™ / Trackside™ animated virtual racing monitor games
  • Jupiters Keno
  • Atlas Wagering & Lottery systems
  • Gaming Machine Monitoring

Tabcorp International's vision is to be a global leader in the provision and operation of gaming products and services; to be the partner of choice for Governments who wish to establish and operate responsible gambling industries; and to provide unique, revenue enhancing products and technology to other gambling operators.

Tabcorp International is an Associate Member of the WLA.

News 2008

Australian Gaming Firm Reports $262m Profit
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (October 23, 2008) -- Gaming firm Tabcorp says it expects first half results for 2009 to be slightly higher than last year, but says trading conditions are difficult to predict............Subscribers

Tabcorp Officially Launches NT Operation
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (September 17, 2008) -- Tabcorp, Australia’s premier gambling and entertainment operator unveiled its latest and most groundbreaking venture................Subscribers

Tabcorp to Enter Northern Territory
MELBOURNE, Australia (August 28, 2008) -- Tabcorp chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper said the gambling group had made a small acquisition to kick-start its entry into the Northern Territory wagering market................Subscribers

Gaming Firm Takes Hit On Gaming Machines, Wagering
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (August 7, 2008) -- Tabcorp Holdings Ltd reported an annual net loss reflecting the loss of its Victorian slot machine duopoly and a surprise write down on the value of its wagering business...................Subscri bers

Gaming Giants Could Consider Tie-Up
VICTORIA, Australia (July 13, 2008) -- Tatts Group Ltd's CEO Dick McIlwain has reportedly acknowledged the potential benefits of merging some of his company’s gaming empire with rival Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.....................Subscribers

Tabcorp Applies For NT Wagering License
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (May 20, 2008)  -- Tabcorp Holdings Limited today lodged an application with the Northern Territory Government for a racing and sports wagering licence, signalling a desire to compete in the fast growing................Subscribers

Gaming Giants Tabcorp and Tattersall's to Retain Powerful Presence in Gaming Machine Industry Post 2012
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (May 17, 2008) – The door has been left open for Tabcorp and Tattersall's to retain a powerful presence in the gaming [poker] machine industry with both companies able to bid for machines, after a major gaming overhaul announced last month............Subscribers

Gambling Giant Looks for Better Odds
SYDNEY, Australia (May 13, 2008) -- Tabcorp has temporarily abandoned its interest in a $A100 million takeover of online bookmaker Sportsbet..................Subscribers

Remote Control Betting Headed For a Parliamentary Showdown
VICTORIA, Australia (April 22, 2008) -- The Federal Opposition will today announce plans to introduce legislation to block a move by Tabcorp and Foxtel to enable gambling via the Sky Racing Channel...............Subscribers

Gaming Giant Pursues $670m Compensation
VICTORIA, Australia (April 15, 2008) – Australian gaming giant Tabcorp has declared it will continue to seek $670 million in compensation after the Victorian Government announced plans to scrap the company's licence to operate gaming [poker] machines in the state.................Subscribers

Press Release: Government Announce New Structure For Gaming In Victoria Beyond 2012
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 10, 2008) -- The Premier, John Brumby, today announced approved hotels and clubs would bid directly for gaming machine entitlements under the new structure for Victoria’s gambling industry beyond 2012......................Read the full story at: Vol.43 No.3

Compensation Bid Appears Doomed
VICTORIA, Australia (April 14, 2008) -- A 13-year-old letter appears to have doomed plans by gambling giants Tabcorp and Tatts Group to sue the Victorian Government for $1.2 billion in compensation over the loss of their duopoly grip on the state's poker machine licences..............Subscribers

Brett Paton Appointed to Tabcorp Board
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (April 7, 2008) -- Tabcorp recently announced that leading equity markets executive Brett Paton had been appointed as a Director of Tabcorp Holdings Limited, subject to regulatory approval....................Read the full story at: Vol.43 No.3

Premier Vows to Fight Any Compensation Claims Over Gaming Licenses
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 12, 2008) – Victorian Premier John Brumby says he will fight gaming operators Tabcorp and Tattersall's in court if they launch legal action over the stripping of their duopoly licences................Subscribers

Gaming Firms in Freefall After Gaming Sector Shake-Up
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (April 12, 2008) – Gaming giant’s Tabcorp and Tattersalls' saw their share prices disseminated on the stock market yesterday, dropping more than 20 per cent and wiping $3 billion from their market value after the duo returned to trading following the loss of their monopoly control over Victorian gaming [slot] machines.....................Subscribers

Australia High Court Rules In Favor of Online Gambling
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (March 28, 2008) – According to local industry sources a High Court ruling yesterday allowing the Tasmanian betting exchange Betfair to offer internet and phone betting across the nation could have significant implications for the value of wagering licences held by gambling giants Tabcorp and Tattersalls................Subscribers

Profit on the Line as Gaming Giants Await Decision on State's Poker Machine Licences
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (March 15, 2008) – Both Tattersall’s and Tabcorp are waiting nervously as the Victorian Government prepares to unveil within days the structure of the gaming and wagering industries in the state beyond 2012..................Subscribers

Gaming Firm to Spend $7.5 Million on New and Existing Outlets Over the Next Three Years
VICTORIA, Australia (January 30, 2008) -- TABCORP reportedly announced today that it will spend $7.5 million on new and existing Victorian PubTABs in the next three years...............Subscribers

Tabcorp Seeks State Directions
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (January 30, 2008) -- TABCORP chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper has urged the State Government to get on with the task of announcing its preferred industry.................Subscribers

Tabcorp Expands Into Northern Territory
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (January 24, 2008) -- Tabcorp has reportedly decided it will finally branch out into the Northern Territory (NT)..............Subscribers

State Government Declines To Support Pay TV Betting Service
SYDNEY, NSW (January 8, 2008) -- The NSW Government has rebuffed an approach from Two Way Ltd seeking in-principle support for a proposed pay TV betting service to be offered with Tabcorp and Foxtel..................Subscribers

News 2007

Tabcorp Sells Interest in China Keno
VICTORIA, Australia (December, 20 2007) -- Tabcorp Holdings Limited today confirmed the sale of its interest in the China Keno business to China Lot Synergy, its joint venture partner, for A$15 million................Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.13

Gaming Giant Secures Twelve Year Exclusive Licence Over Star City
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (October 30, 2007) -- Tabcorp will pay the NSW government $100 million to ensure there will be no new casinos in the state for the next twelve (12) years.............Subscribers

Gaming Giant May Pull Plug on China Keno Venture
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (July 15, 2007) - Australia's Tabcorp Holdings Ltd may exit its loss-making Keno gaming systems business in China and could announce the closure of the division this year...........................Subscribers

Tabcorp Appoints Elmer Funke Kupper as MD and CEO
AUSTRALIA (July, 13 2007) -- Tabcorp Holdings Limited today announced that Elmer Funke Kupper has been appointed the company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.........................Subscribers

Gaming Firm Achieves $1 Billion in Internet Wagering Sales for First Time
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (July, 05 2007) -- Tabcorp today announced that it achieved $1 billion in Internet sales in racing and sports betting in 2006/07 - the first time it has hit the mark in a financial year..................................Subscribers

Gaming Giant’s Shares Surge As Investors Punt On Rumours of A Takeover
VICTORIA, Australia (April 25, 2007) -- Gaming Giant TABCORP has seen its shares surge to a record high, riding on rumours of a joint takeover bid by Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd, Tattersall's and Macquarie Bank......................Subscribers

Tabcorp Appoints New Director
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (April 5, 2007) -- Tabcorp Holdings Limited (TAH) has appointed sporting body veteran John O’Neill as a director. Mr. O’Neill is a former chief executive officer of Football Federation Australia and former managing director and CEO of the Australian Rugby Union...................Subscribers

Profit Plunge Halts Tabcorp Expansion Plans; Underperforming China Keno Business Has "Some Way To Go"
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (February 21, 2007) -- Tabcorp Holdings, Australia's biggest gaming company, scrapped expansion plans after first- half profit fell 22 percent to AU$224.1 million (US$$176 million) on lower earnings from casinos and betting shops.....................................Subscribers

News 2006

Gaming Group To Reap $21 Million Annual Savings From Cost Cutting
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (December 5, 2006) -- Australia's biggest gaming group Tabcorp Holdings Ltd will reportedly cut up to 100 jobs and streamline some of its business functions to save up to $21 million each year in costs............................Subscribers

Tabcorp Books 7% Jump in Annual Net Profit, But Reports Problems Keno Joint Venture in China
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (August 24, 2006) -- Tabcorp, Australia's largest gaming company, unveiled a net profit of $547.3 million, an increase of 7 per cent before losses from non-recurring items..........................Subscribers

Tabcorp Withdraws From Proposed Takeover of Unitab
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia (August, 17 2006) -- Tabcorp Holdings Limited today announced that it would not continue with its proposed takeover of UNiTAB Limited following yesterday’s Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announcement opposing the acquisition................................Subscribers

Australia Regulator Vetoes Tabcorp’s Merger with Unitab
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (August 16, 2006) – The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Australia’s competition watchdog, announced yesterday that it has rejected a bid by gaming group Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. to acquire rival UNiTAB Ltd..............................Subscribers

Tabcorp Bets on SumTotal to Strengthen Compliance, Enhance Customer Service
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., USA (June 15, 2006) -- Sydney-based Tabcorp's Casinos Division, part of Tabcorp Holdings Limited, has bought SumTotal's TotalLMS 7.1 to educate 8,000 employees.........................Subscribers

Australia's UNiTAB Rejects Tabcorp Bid
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (June 5, 2006) - Australia's number-two wagering group UNiTAB Ltd. today rejected a AU$1.9 billion takeover bid by bigger rival Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. , describing it as highly conditional and uncertain...........................Subscribers

Tabcorp's China Keno Roll Out Continues
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (May 4, 2006) -- Contrary to reports in the Australian press the roll out of  TABCORP's Keno system is said by market insiders to be on track............................Subscribers

Asian Keno Venture Moves Into Test Phase
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (April 21, 2006) – According to a report in a leading Sydney newspaper today gaming giant Tabcorp's international division is being wound back amid rumours of trouble with............................Subscribers

News 2005

Tabcorp International Introduces New Game “Racetrax™” to North American Lotteries
AUSTRALIA (August 5, 2005) -- Canadians will be able to try their luck betting on animated car and horse racing following the introduction of an exciting and interactive monitor game for lotteries called Racetrax™. ................................Subscribers

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