Best Gambling Tech Companies in Australia
The 54 best Gambling Tech companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: PointsBet.
Among the 54 Gambling Tech companies we track in Australia, total disclosed funding sits at $387M, with PointsBet leading at $116M, PlayUp at $95M, and BetMakers Technology Group at $86M rounding out the top tier. No unicorns yet, but the capital concentration is real. According to 2024 research, platform-driven betting models are compounding advantages for early movers, which explains why investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Tekkorp Capital keep circling this space. The global gambling market was valued at roughly $443.2B in 2020 and is forecast to reach $693.5B by 2029 at a 7.1% CAGR, powered by smartphone penetration and AI-led personalization in online wagering.
So what's actually moving this quarter? Median app install growth across gambling and casino apps is running at plus 16% year-on-year, and that number tells you something about where consumer attention is sitting right now. Data privacy risk is the friction point regulators keep flagging, and it's not going away. I'd also point you toward some of the bolder long-run calls circulating about where Gambling Tech in Australia is structurally headed. The funding gaps between the top names and the rest of the 54 tracked companies are wide, and that spread tends to widen further when a sector accelerates.
Ranked: Best Gambling Tech companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PointsBet Developer of an online sports betting platform | $116M | 49 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2017 | Cart FunctionalityAzureReact+18 | 15 signals ▲200% Leadership · M&A · Earnings | — |
| 2 | PlayUp Operator of online platforms for sports and horse race betting | $95M | 68 mo ago | Series C | Daniel Simic Founder & CEO | 2006 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24 | — | — |
| 3 | BetMakers Technology Group Tech-enabled solutions for sports betting operators | $86M | 65 mo ago | Public | — | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | 10 signals ▲400% Earnings · Contracts · Capital raise | — |
| 4 | PlayUp Online gambling platform offering multi-category sports betting services | $35M | 64 mo ago | Series B | Daniel Simic Co-Founder & CEO | 2014 | SentryZendeskTailwind CSS+18 | — | — |
| 5 | Dabble Provider of app-based sports betting platform | $21M | 45 mo ago | Series B | Dave R Co-Founder & CPO | 2020 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+37 | — | — |
| 6 | Virtually Human Provider of blockchain and web development services | $20M | 59 mo ago | Series A | Geoff Wellman CTO & Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Picklebet Provider of an online e-sports betting platform | $10M | 31 mo ago | Series A | Damon Oudejans Co-Founder | 2017 | ContentfulSentryZendesk+28 | — | — |
| 8 | SportChamps Sports and racing tournament betting platform | $4M | 105 mo ago | Seed | Alan Eskander Founder & CEO | 2016 | FirebaseGoogle MapsChart.js+28 | — | — |
| 9 | Etheroll Decentralized ethereum based casino | $304K | 113 mo ago | Deadpooled | James Britt Founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
Top 11 Gambling Tech companies in Australia
#1
Series A · Darwin, Northern Territory · founded 2017 · 43 employees$9.9Mraised▾
Provider of an online e-sports betting platform. It allows the users to place bets on various e-sports games like Fifa, CSGO, Dota2, Call of duty, overwatch, and much more. This platform also offers multiple tournaments, the latest e-sports news, etc.
- Nov 2023Series A$9.9M
#2
Acquired · Richmond, Victoria · founded 2017 · 653 employees$116.4Mraised▾
Developer of an online sports betting platform. It allow users to place bets on multiple sports like soccer, basketball, horse racing, and much more. It also offers other features like betting news, odds, and spread betting.
- Jun 2022Post IPO$65.3M
- Sep 2020Post IPO$51.1M
#3
Series B · Darwin, Northern Territory · founded 2020$21Mraised▾
Provider of app-based sports betting platform. It allows users to place bets on racing and other sports and allows them to follow other punters, follow their bets, and communicate with friends. Its mobile application is available for IOS and Android users.
- Oct 2022Series B$21M
#4
Series C · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2006$95Mraised▾
Operator of online platforms for sports and horse race betting. It provides options for users to place wagers on various sporting events. It also offers a platform dedicated to horse race betting. The platforms aim to provide a user-friendly experience for individuals interested in participating in these activities.
- Nov 2020Series C$25M
- Apr 2011Series C$20M
- 2010Series B$30M
- 2009Series A$15M
#5
Public · Broadmeadows, Victoria · founded 2013 · 500 employees$85.8Mraised▾
Tech-enabled solutions for sports betting operators. It offers tech-enabled solutions for gambling operators. It offers white-lable widget solutions for the sportsbook. It offers an integrity platform that provides a comprehensive presentation of race-day and historical data and more. It offers features like ease of integration, customized solutions, automated solutions, etc.
- Feb 2021Post IPO$25M
- Dec 2020Post IPO$36.9M
- Jun 2020Post IPO$24M
#6
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 78 employees$20Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain and web development services
- Jul 2021Series A$20M
#7
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014$34.9Mraised▾
Online gambling platform offering multi-category sports betting services
#8
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 12 employees$3.5Mraised▾
SportChamps is a sports and racing tournament betting platform. It allows users to participate in multiple betting tournaments of games. Users can improve their leadership position to win rewards and real money through the app. The app is available for Android and iOS platforms.
- Oct 2017Angel$3.5M
#9
Deadpooled · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2016$304.3Kraised▾
Etheroll is a decentralized casino that allows its token holders to have a share of their profits every 12 weeks. The house earns from an edge of 1% and is verifiably fair. The platform runs entirely on an Ethereum Smart Contract which makes it relatively transparent.
- Feb 2017ICO$304.3K
#10
Seed · Noosa Heads, Queensland · founded 2020—raised▾
Provider of an AI and web-based automated racing data management platform. It offers a real-time race informatics platform to deliver racebook data, reflect scratchings, and track updates and gear changes. Its content is available in categories like race form, speed maps, runner comments as well as ratings.
- Oct 2021Seed—
#11
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 19 employees—raised▾
Provider of an online sports betting platform for multiple sports. It offers an online betting platform with daily and weekly fantasy sports contests for various leagues and sports including NFL, NBA, NRL, AFL, EPL, A-League, and Golf. The platform allows users to choose a contest from the lobby by sport, day of the game, entry fee, and contest size. Users score points based on the performance of players in their team in real matches.
- Mar 2019Seed—
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