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A case in point was yesterday's launch of Sky Racing Active - another interactive gambling solution – one that works through the Foxtel, Optus and Sky pay TV networks and that has been designed to make online and interactive gambling even simpler and more convenient than it is now.
The operators of this system Two Way media, along with their venture partners Tabcorp, insist there are plenty of safeguards in place to prevent this new system from being abused by those who have a problem with gambling. Fair enough, but it seems the online gambling vendors are the only ones prepared to give those assurances. After numerous contacts being put into the office for the NSW Minister for Gaming and Racing, Graham West, the silence coming out of Macquarie Street is nothing short of deafening.
And speaking of deafening, it was also interesting to see that channelnews was the only media outlet prepared to run this story. Now I am unsure what the exact reason is, but some media organisations do have a vested interested in the gambling industry (like Channel 9 for example) whilst other, smaller players possibly did not deem it newsworthy enough to give it some space.
