Tabcorp is a 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, Luxbet and TAB Sportsbet, serving millions of customers every day.
The company continues to actively support many local communities with a range of donations and 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 2009 totalled $92.8 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 about 11,000 people in all States of Australia.
Tabcorp has more than 200,000 shareholders and has a market capitalisation within the top 100 Australian companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2009, the company generated revenue (normalised and before non-recurring items) of $4,170.7 million. The company's net profit after tax (normalised and before non-recurring items) for the period was $496.2 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 2009 totalled 65 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
- Luxbet
- Sky Racing
- Sky Sports Radio
- Tabaret in Victoria
- Keno in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland
- Trackside animated racing game
- 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 2009):
Casinos
- Four casino and hotel properties in two states
- 631 tables
- 4,271 electronic gaming machines (average)
- 1,398 hotel rooms
- 52 restaurants and bars
- 2 theatres
- Conference and banquet facilities
- 17,000,000 visitors each year
Wagering
- Totalizator and fixed odds betting in 2,576 TAB retail outlets in Victoria and New South Wales
- On-course betting at 267 racecourses
- 340,000 customers betting through internet, pay TV and phone
- Sky Racing available in 2.2 million homes and 5,300 outlets in Australia, covering 66,000 races per annum
- Sky Racing broadcasting Australian racing to 16 countries
- 700,000 regular TAB retail wagering customers
- 3,100,000 total Sky Racing and Sky Sports Radio audience each week
Gaming
- 13,360 electronic gaming machines (average) in 131 hotels and 132 clubs under the Tabaret brand in Victoria
- 3,285 Keno terminals in 2,583 venues in Queensland and New South Wales
Sustainability
The company ensures that it operates with integrity and undertakes its activities in a responsible manner for the long term benefit of all stakeholders. Tabcorp continues to be recognised as a world leader in the responsible service of gambling and for its high standard of governance.
Tabcorp is one of only approximately 20 Australian stocks included in the FTSE4Good Index, which incorporates around 750 stocks worldwide.
The company has received 100% for promoting responsible gambling in the past three years in the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Index assessment.
These indicies are used by investors to identify companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards.
The company's 2009 Concise Annual Report contains more details regarding Tabcorp's commitment to providing long term sustainability, including specific sections on:
- Responsible Gambling
- Enriching Communities
- Environmental Commitment
- Our People
More detailed information can be found on this website under the sections:
