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Sportsbet CEO’s sherpa walks out during the storm

The country’s largest online bookmaker has lost its adult in the room at the worst possible moment.

At last year’s crunch inquiry into online gambling, the late Labor MP Peta Murphy wanted the bookmakers to face a Canberra grilling. Only one sent a duo.

Tabcorp’s then-chief Adam Rytenskild appeared alone. So too did Entain’s Steven Lang. Even the footy CEOs Gil McLachlan and Andrew Abdo were solo.

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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com

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