{"id":777006423,"date":"2023-06-19T09:46:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777006423"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:53:32","slug":"edward-craven-plans-to-take-stake-legal-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/edward-craven-plans-to-take-stake-legal-in-australia","title":{"rendered":"Edward Craven plans to take Stake legal in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Australian billionaire is believed to be planning to compete with Tabcorp and Sportsbet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Billionaire\u00a0<strong>Edward Craven<\/strong>, in collaboration with his business partner<strong>\u00a0Bijan Tehrani<\/strong>, is reportedly preparing to launch a new gambling operator to challenge the dominance of Tabcorp and\u00a0Sportsbet<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in the Australian sportsbook market.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo has taken strategic steps, including registering Australian companies and trademarks for their global gambling brand, Stake, which is currently prohibited in the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media reports, Craven and Tehrani have successfully registered Stake Gaming Pty Ltd with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). Additionally, they have filed a trademark application for the Stake Gaming brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Stake.com is not accessible to Australian customers due to legal restrictions, the platform has gained significant traction globally, generating an average of&nbsp;<strong>AU$585m<\/strong>&nbsp;via its&nbsp;<strong>online casino and international sports betting business<\/strong>&nbsp;on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stake has not yet commented on the recent company and trademark registrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian billionaire is believed to be planning to compete with Tabcorp and Sportsbet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Australian billionaire Edward Craven and partner Bijan Tehrani are reportedly preparing to launch a new iGaming operator, Stake Gaming Pty Ltd, in Australia, aiming to challenge incumbents Tabcorp and Sportsbet in the domestic sportsbook market. This strategic move, evidenced by ASIC registrations and trademark filings, signals a potential significant market entry by a globally prominent brand currently restricted in the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Edward Craven, Bijan Tehrani, Tabcorp, Sportsbet, Stake, Stake Gaming Pty Ltd, Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Pathway for Stake?","query":"What specific B2B\/B2C licensing and regulatory compliance hurdles must Stake Gaming Pty Ltd overcome to legally operate in the Australian market, given Stake.com's current prohibited status?"},{"label":"Impact on Incumbents?","query":"How will the potential entry of Stake Gaming, backed by significant capital, impact the GGR and NGR of established operators like Tabcorp and Sportsbet in the Australian sportsbook vertical?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777006423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006423","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777006423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777006426,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777006423\/revisions\/777006426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777006423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777006423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777006423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}