please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message centrebet type private key people michael mcritchie ceo peter foot chief bookmaker website centrebet.com centrebet is an australian bookmaker licensed in the northern territory . 1 centrebet originated from alice springs northern territory and was the first bookmaker to be licensed in australia in 1993 and the first bookmaker to go online in the southern hemisphere . centrebet was acquired by its biggest domestic rival the sportodds group in 2003 for the sum of a 46.55 million . in 2005 sportodds merged its centrebet sportodds.com and superodds.co.uk businesses into one entity known as centrebet . michael mcritchie is the ceo of the company while peter foot acts as chief bookmaker . centrebet is the second largest private bookmaking company in australia and one of the biggest bookmakers in the world with betting across all sports both within and outside of australia horse racing and other events including australian elections and television shows . the centrebet group offers over 4000 individual betting options every week . the centrebet group has recently commenced expansion of its core operations to include online gaming including poker and casino . however due to australia s interactive gambling act the group is not permitted to offer gaming products to australians . in 2006 the company listed on the australian stock exchange . in january 2011 centrebet acquired the naming rights to penrith stadium ; under sponsorship rights it will be known as centrebet stadium penrith for the next five years . in february 2011 a three year deal as a major sponsor of the st kilda football club was also announced . citation needed references edit williams robert j. ; wood robert t. ; parke jonathan 2012 11 27 . routledge international handbook of internet gambling . routledge . pp. 3 . isbn 9780415594431 . retrieved 5 february 2013 . external links edit centrebet official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centrebet & oldid 743587179 categories bookmakerspoker companiesgambling companies of australia1993 establishments in australiagambling websitesaustralian websitescompanies established in 1993hidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2007all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2011official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 08 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view