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Australian Interbet Betting System Gets US Interest 08/26/96
>ALICE SPRINGS, AUSTRALIA, 1996 AUG 26 (NB) -- An American from Washington
>DC has placed the first "Interbet" on the Australian Football League (AFL),
>$250 for a win on North Melbourne to beat Geelong, with Alice Springs
>bookmaker CentreBet which switched on its net-based computer betting
>service last week.
>
>CentreBet has taken more than 70 bets on the Internet since launching the
>worldwide service, approved by the Northern Territory Racing and Gaming
>Authority. Alice Springs, colloquially known as "The Alice," is a small
>community close to Ayers Rock in the central outback of Australia where
>people are few and betting is a way of life.
>
>CentreBet's Gerard Daffy told the Australian Associated Press news service
>he expects keen Interbet interest from Asians who are big fans of English
>soccer and also from Americans whom he expects to bet on a variety of major
>sporting events, starting with this week's US Open tennis and the upcoming
>NFL season.
>
>However the AFL bet from America came right out of left field (AFL, or
>Australian Rules football, a descendant of Ireland's Gaelic football, is
>played seriously only in several Australian States, but is shown regularly
>on some US cable-TV services). "The guy who put the bet on North Melbourne
>is part of an Australian Rules fan club in the US," said Daffy. "There's
>another American in Michigan who has opened an Interbet account to bet on
>the AFL as well."
>
>For the record: the fan who bet on North Melbourne can forget his $250.
>Geelong downed North Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday
>by 109 points to 96.
>
>CentreBet can be reached at http://www.taunet.com.au/centrebet
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