Government bans online in-play betting on sports dealing blow to Tom Waterhouse

Tabcorp chief executive David Attenborough said overseas bookmakers only had themselves to blame after the federal government strengthened a ban on online in-play betting on sports and banned credit betting in a move likely to erode the bookies' growing market share.

Some of the world's biggest gambling operators, many headquartered in the UK, have openly flouted an existing government ban on in-play betting by exploiting a loophole to offer instant online wagers on live sporting events.