{"id":11633,"date":"2020-11-09T22:26:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T22:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11633"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:16:02","slug":"tabcorp-loses-us7-29m-due-to-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tabcorp-loses-us7-29m-due-to-fire","title":{"rendered":"Tabcorp loses US$7.29m due to fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The resulting outages impacted the firm\u2019s TAB, Keno and gaming services operations over the weekend.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0Tabcorp Holdings has said a fire incident at data centre managed by a third-party in Sydney caused its systems to crash and led to the closure of retail venues over the weekend.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire resulted in &#8220;extensive damage\u201d to Tabcorp\u2019s servers and infrastructure, and led to technical and systems outages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outages impacted the firm\u2019s TAB, Keno and gaming services operations from the morning of November 7.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said lost wagering turnover will impact Tabcorp\u2019s EBITDA by about AU$10 million (US$7.29m).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tabcorp said: &#8220;Services have now largely been restored with an immediate focus on ensuring the systems return to optimal service levels in coming\u00a0days.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTabcorp has commenced a comprehensive and urgent review into this incident, which will be overseen by the board.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm already suffered a <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tabcorp-sees-revenue-drop-5-7-for-q1\" target=\"_blank\">5.7 per cent drop in revenue<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in Q1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resulting outages impacted the firm\u2019s TAB, Keno and gaming services operations over the weekend.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A fire at a third-party data centre in Sydney caused extensive system outages for Tabcorp Holdings' TAB, Keno, and gaming services, leading to retail venue closures and an estimated AU$10 million EBITDA impact from lost wagering turnover. The incident, which follows a Q1 revenue decline, has prompted a comprehensive board-overseen review as services are largely restored.","focusai_entities":"Tabcorp Holdings","focusai_location":"Australia, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), tech_data (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Third-Party Risk Mitigation","query":"What specific enhancements to Tabcorp's third-party vendor risk management framework and disaster recovery protocols are being considered following this data centre incident?"},{"label":"EBITDA Impact Analysis","query":"Beyond the AU$10 million lost wagering turnover, what is the projected full financial impact on Tabcorp's NGR and EBITDA, considering potential customer churn and reputational damage?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,155],"tags":[4256,13716],"class_list":["post-11633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-horse-racing","tag-tabcorp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11638,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11633\/revisions\/11638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}