Gillon McLachlan
Herald Sun’s gambling hit: Tabcorp pulls cash from form guide
Racenet and Herald Sun deals were worth about $2 million a year. Tabcorp ended the Herald Sun form guide agreement in July, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
- by Danny Russell and Chris Roots
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Opinion
Earnings season
Gill’s knockdown rebuild in the house of Tabcorp
Three weeks into the top job, former AFL boss Gill McLachlan has decided not to renovate the betting company. Instead, he is reaching for the sledgehammer.
- by Elizabeth Knight
McLachlan scraps Tabcorp’s strategy after $1.4b shock loss
New Tabcorp boss Gillon McLachlan has vowed to overhaul the wagering company’s strategy, and warns it will continue to be hit by softer trading conditions as its share price tanked.
- by Amelia McGuire
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Political leadership
The high-profile powerbrokers with a big idea to make Australia better
A new grassroots organisation with “the head of a think-tank and the heart of a community organisation” hopes to solve gnarly policy issues.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Settle the horses! No betting during work hours for Gillon McLachlan
Horses and betting are two of McLachlan’s most favourite things ever, but his new employer Tabcorp has strict rules for employees.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Gillon’s Tabcorp looks to pull down tote windows
Gillon McLachlan’s Tabcorp is looking to end decades of racing tradition by shutting down on-course totes as well as slashing funding for radio station RSN 927.
- by Danny Russell
Racing NSW, Tabcorp end $6 million lawsuit days before McLachlan starts new role
The former AFL supremo will have one less issue to worry about when he starts at the ASX-listed giant after a potentially long and costly court case was discontinued.
- by Adam Pengilly
Victorian racing’s war of words heats up
Two of the racing industry’s key figures have gone head-to-head over the appointment of Racing Victoria’s new chair.
- by Peter Ryan
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Sports betting
McLachlan brokered extension of Sportsbet deal before he left the AFL
There was no public announcement of the extension, which prevents other wagering businesses, including McLachlan’s new employer, Tabcorp, from advertising or promoting their odds on AFL platforms until 2028.
- by Peter Ryan
Editorial
Sports betting
Sport fans want gambling ads reined in. Politicians should listen
A gradual and transparent approach to freeing sporting bodies from reliance on gambling advertising makes sense.
- The Age's View
McLachlan and V’landys off to the races in new working relationship
Gillon McLachlan can expect to see much more of his old footy code sparring partner, Peter V’landys, now that the former AFL boss is running Tabcorp.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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