New Online Gambling Application Released by Tabcorp

An Australian bookmaker has released a horse racing application for iPhones that brings online gambling to the device.

Australian bookmaker Tabcorp announced it is offering an application for iPhones allowing users to play at its online gambling games. The TAB Sportsbet iPhone will permit users to wager at Tabcorp's special mobile phone website on horse racing.

The application will allow betting on races, except for parlays. Results and payouts will be carried for both the current day and the day before. The phone can be set to alert owners when a certain horse or jockey is racing.

The app will also give trackside information, such as weather conditions, and review past performances, acting as a racing form as well as a bookmaker.

Senator Nick Xenophon of Australia denounced iPhone gambling applications last month. He said children's versions of gambling games created a desire to gamble at an early age, and that age control over mobile apps is insufficient to protect youngsters from gaming corruption.

Tabcorp's move comes shortly after Betfair was approved by Apple to offer a gambling application. The agreements are seen as a significant change in policy for Apple, which previously shied from connections to gambling.