Tabcorp has grown into a dynamic and energetic company with a new spirit and new focus to create "the bigger better game" for our customers. Tabcorp is an extremely successful, diversified and responsible organisation, conducting a unique combination of wagering, gaming, hospitality and media activities across Australia.
As a diversified entertainment group, Tabcorp strives to offer a first-class entertainment experience for our customers, great opportunities for our employees, support in the community and value for our shareholders. The company’s culture embraces teamwork, integrity, performance, innovation and customer understanding.
Tabcorp manages leading customer brands in Australia, including the Star City and Jupiters casinos, TAB, Tabaret, Keno and TAB Sportsbet, serving millions of customers every day.
The company continues to actively support many local communities with a range of sponsorships for sporting groups and community services. This is on top of the company's contributions to state community benefit funds in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, which in the year to 30 June 2007 totalled $86.1 million.
Tabcorp was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in August 1994, at $2.25 per share, to acquire the wagering and gaming businesses of the former Victorian Totalizator Agency Board. Tabcorp acquired the Star City hotel and casino, a major entertainment complex in Sydney, in 1999. In 2003 the company merged with Jupiters, the owner of hotel and casino complexes in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Townsville as well as gaming machine monitoring. In 2004, Tabcorp completed the acquisition of Tab Limited, the New South Wales based wagering, media and gaming company.
Tabcorp’s three major business units of Casinos, Wagering and Gaming employ more than 11,000 people in all States of Australia.
Tabcorp has more than 220,000 shareholders and has a market capitalisation within the top 50 Australian companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2007, the company generated net operating revenue (normalised and before non-recurring items) of $3,881.7 million. The company's net profit after tax (normalised and before non-recurring items) for the period was $515.6 million.
Tabcorp has typically paid dividends to shareholders in March/April and September/October. Dividends to shareholders in respect of the full year to 30 June 2007 totalled 94 cents per share, fully franked. For more information see the Dividends section.
Tabcorp is committed to ensuring its products are enjoyed by its customers and delivered responsibly. The company makes a significant contribution to the communities in which it operates through sponsorships, donations, provision of community services, payment of taxes and provision of entertainment. For more information see the Responsible Gambling section and the Community section of this website.
Elmer Funke Kupper is the company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. For more information about the company's leadership please view the Board of Directors section and the Senior Management section of this website.
Tabcorp’s head office is located at 5 Bowen Crescent, Melbourne, Victoria 3004. For more information see the Contact section.
For more information about the company's history please view the History section of this website.
Tabcorp’s brands include:
- Star City Hotel and Casino in Sydney
- Conrad Jupiters Hotel and Casino on the Gold Coast
- Conrad Treasury Hotel and Casino in Brisbane
- Jupiters Townsville Hotel and Casino
- TAB in Victoria and New South Wales
- TAB Sportsbet
- Sky Channel
- 2KY Radio
- Tabaret in Victoria
- Keno
- Trackside
- Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre
- Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
For more information see the Brands section of this website.
Key Tabcorp statistics (as at 30 June 2007):
Casinos
- Four casino and hotel properties in two states
- 407 tables
- 4,583 Electronic gaming machines
- 1,398 hotel rooms
- 44 restaurants and bars
- 3 theatres/showrooms
- Conference and banquet facilities
- More than 50,000 visitors each day
Wagering
- Totalizator and fixed odds betting in 2,652 retail outlets in Victoria and New South Wales
- On-course, internet and phone betting
- Sky Channel television broadcasts available in 1.8 million homes and 5,300 outlets in Australia
- Sky Channel also broadcast in New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Sri Lanka and the Middle East
- 57,000 races per annum covered by Sky Channel
- 700,000 regular retail customers use our wagering products each week
- 3,100,000 total Sky Channel and 2KY radio audience each week
Gaming
- 13,669 electronic gaming machines in 130 hotels and 135 clubs under the Tabaret brand in Victoria
- Keno in 2,190 venues in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales
- 2,687 Keno terminals
- Games of skill in 330 venues in Victoria
Note: * All references to currency are in Australian Dollars unless otherwise stated.
