{"id":6806,"date":"2020-05-27T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T12:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6806"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:54:45","slug":"pointsbet-sports-betting-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pointsbet-sports-betting-australia","title":{"rendered":"PointsBet hails Australia sports return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) will return tomorrow (May 28), while the Australian Football League (AFL) will return on June 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- PointsBet, the Australian sports betting operator, has welcomed the news of the upcoming return of sport in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) will return tomorrow (May 28), while the Australian Football League (AFL) will return on June 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, PointsBet said: “The recommencement of NRL and AFL will see the breadth of PointsBet\u2019s product offering expand in Australia, with clients being able to wager on both racing and major sports.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While live sport still continued in a limited format across the globe, PointsBet recorded consecutive record monthly earnings for February and March this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operator generated AUD$18.2 million in revenue for the period between April 1 to May 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the Pacific, New Zealand’s RITA announced yesterday that it would cut 230 jobs at the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB)<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) will return tomorrow (May 28), while the Australian Football League (AFL) will return on June 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Australian sports betting market is poised for a significant uplift with the imminent return of the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australian Football League (AFL). Operator PointsBet anticipates an expansion of its product offering and has reported strong revenue performance despite recent sports disruptions, indicating resilience. Concurrently, New Zealand's RITA announced substantial job reductions at TAB, highlighting regional operational adjustments.","focusai_entities":"National Rugby League, Australian Football League, PointsBet, RITA, Totalisator Agency Board","focusai_location":"Australia, New Zealand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PointsBet Q2 Outlook","query":"What is PointsBet's projected GGR and NGR growth trajectory for Q2, considering the full return of NRL and AFL, and how does this compare to pre-disruption forecasts?"},{"label":"Market Share Impact","query":"How will the reintroduction of major Australian sporting codes impact market share dynamics among licensed sports betting operators in the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,161,155],"tags":[289,233],"class_list":["post-6806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-daily-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-australia","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806","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=6806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21381,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions\/21381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}