TAB – Overview & Rating

After the first retail betting establishment was announced in Victoria in 1964, TAB was officially established. Tab.com.au can now confidently boast that it has over 2,500 retail betting shops spread across VIC, NSW, QLD, Tasmania, Northern Territory and the ACT thanks to years of healthy expansion and the takeover of NSW gambling business Tab Limited.

Tab.com.au is one of the largest publicly traded gaming companies and one of the trailblazers of Australian sport and race betting. In Australia, almost every punter is familiar with the TAB/UBET machines, which can be seen at various locations, as well as their very competitive online service.

The conglomerate Tabcorp Holdings owns Tab.com.au retail stores, Sky Racing, Sky Sports Radio, UBET, Keno, and Luxbet, among other gaming businesses. Today a total of 2.5 million people across Australia use their services. It is ranked at 4,077 worldwide and at 76th position in Australia. Tab.com.au currently holds rank 1 in the sports betting category. Currently, the bookie holds a license in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and ACT territory.

As a result of its rewards program and a variety of racing deals and promotions, Tab.com.au is extremely popular with all punters. A wide selection of events and markets are covered through Tab.com.au promotions, including:

• Premier sports events
• Novelty markets
• Horse racing.

Anyone living in any region other than Australia and New Zealand (Prohibited Jurisdictions) is prohibited from opening, accessing, wagering on, or withdrawing funds from any of Tab.com.au services.

Design and layout

After undergoing a substantial redesign in 2012, the Tab.com.au website has been frequently updated ever since. With its flash-based webpage and unique structure, it offers one of the smoothest and most flawless betting experiences on the Australian market.

In the comprehensive listing on Tab.com.au homepage, you’ll find information about future races, highlighted sporting events of the day, and the forthcoming week. To access your account, in-play betting, Sky racing video, and Sky Racing audio, you can hover over the top menu bar.

An easy-to-use sports betting interface greets users when loading the Tab.com.au website. Racing betting takes center stage, but there’s also a useful navigation bar on the side where you may select wagers for your favorite sports. A great element of the web design is that if you are using complex features such as live streaming, the betting platform does not slow down too much.

For mobiles and tablets, Tab.com.au has created a seamless, straightforward, and easy-to-use app that is available for both iOS and Android devices. On the move or in your living room, you may place wagers on all of your favorite sports. Each day’s racing is displayed in the app’s Racing section, which is divided into three categories: 

• Formula One
• NASCAR
• NASCAR Xfinity.

With Sky Racing, you can wager on a wide range of races and then watch the action develop on your smartphone or tab. Along with this, you get a complete database of race replays!

As an alternative to downloading the Tab.com.au app, you can still access the brand’s website by using your mobile browser. Even though the mobile-optimized website opens quickly and looks beautiful, you’ll miss out on some cool sports betting features, such as dragging and releasing the screen to refresh the sports betting odds instantly.

Services and live

Horse racing bets are the most popular at Tab.com.au, but there are many other types of bets to choose from in the sports betting category as well. In addition to the NRL, AFL, and Soccer, Tab.com.au offers hundreds of fixed-odds betting opportunities on more than 30 Australian and international sports. For popular sports, a wide variety of betting options are available on Tab.com.au such as first to score, handicap, and statistical margin betting.

Tab.com.au domestic racing is its backbone. There are thoroughbred, greyhound, and harness races in Australia that are covered by this bookie. Many more countries, such as the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand are also represented.

In the race betting industry, Tab.com.au’s advantage is emphasized by the sheer number of marketplaces. There is a range of options available to you, some of which include:

• Place
• Win
• Bundle Bet
• Quinella
• Exacta
• Trifecta
• Quaddie.

Live line

Online in-play betting is illegal in Australia under the Interactive Gambling Act. When it comes to in-play markets, Tab.com.au is still lagging behind rival bookmakers, according to our analysis. However, Tab.com.au sportsbook offers live betting for the following sports, to name a few:

• Rugby
• Basketball
• Golf
• Soccer
• Tennis
• Baseball
• Commonwealth Games.

Tab.com.au sportsbook live stream feature is one area where they really stand out. If you open a Tab.com.au Sportsbet account, you can immediately get to Sky Racing 1 & 2 as well as Sky Thoroughbred Central.

The biggest and best racing events in Australia and across the world may now be viewed on your computer or mobile device. This can be done by signing into your account and then selecting “Video” in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

Every AFL game is streamed for free via the Tab.com.au App, which is accessible by both Android and iPhone smartphones.

Promotions

In addition to the TAB’s online services, the Tab.com.au Rewards program offers its users reward points for every placed wager. Gift cards, incentives, event tickets, and household appliances can all be redeemed with these reward points.

New members aren’t offered signup bonuses at Tab.com.au, unfortunately. However, the site does have some great promotional deals. They provide several bonus bets on a wide variety of sports and racing events at Tab.com.au. They offer bonus bets on most of their horse racing, sports and also novelty markets.

Although no free bet promo code is available for new customers at Tab.com.au, they do have various betting specials, including money-back incentives for sports and feature horse racing events. To understand more about Tab.com.au’s bonus bet, reward programs, and other current promotions, sign up today.

Customer service

It’s an old adage that the customer comes first, and any firm, regardless of industry, must deliver excellent customer service if it is to thrive. When it comes to product and service support, the Tab Help Centre is outstanding. There are a number of ways to contact the bookie directly, including the ones listed below:

• Telephone: Customer Service: 131 802
• Post: NSW: 680 George St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia; VIC: Tower 2, 727 Collins St, Docklands VIC 3008, Australia
• Twitter: @tabcomau_help
• Email: accessible via the ‘Contact Us’ section of the website. (same-day response time)

The brand’s lack of live chat support services has been criticized many times in the past. Other prominent Australian bookmakers have this customer service option, so we were disappointed that they haven’t yet implemented it.

Registration

Signing up with Tab.com.au has never been easier or more convenient! Registration at TAB is quick and easy, and you may start betting on your account right away! To begin the processes, follow these steps:

1. Enter your email address and password to complete the online Customer Registration process by clicking on the JOIN NOW button. Using a Mastercard or Visa card, place the initial minimum deposit.
2. Once you’ve selected a password and 4-digit PIN as requested by Tab.com.au, you’ll receive your new 8-digit Account Number, allowing you to begin placing bets immediately.
3. You will then receive a welcome email within 24 hours from Tab.com.au, after which we recommend verifying your account.

Note that your PIN must consist of exactly 4 digits (from 0 to 9) and that your password must consist of a minimum of 8 alphanumeric characters, no spaces allowed.

Firstly, you must log into your Tab.com.au account in order to authenticate your account. Please click on “Menu” and then “Pending Actions” and then validate your identification (driver’s license, passport, etc.) through desktop or mobile. Accounts will be suspended after 90 days if they’re not verified.

Financial information

It’s unfortunate that Tab.com.au doesn’t offer e-wallet services (except for PayPal), but you can still deposit money into your account using the following methods:

• Credit cards
• BPAY
• Electronic Funds Transfer.

There is a minimum deposit of 20 AUD for BPAY transactions and 1 AUD for credit cards, PayPal and Apple Pay. For EFT there is no minimum. The minimum wagers placed over the phone and online are set at $10 and $1, respectively, and are not subject to change. In terms of accepted currencies, the list includes Australian dollar, Euro, Pounds Sterling, Hong Kong dollar, Japanese Yen and U.S dollars.

The minimum withdrawal amount is fixed at 0.01 AUD for PayPal. However, there is no limit for withdrawals via Electronic Fund Transfer. Moreover, the withdrawal methods are even fewer in number as compared to the deposit methods. The small list withdrawal methods include the Electronic Funds Transfer and PayPal.

Reliability, Integrity, and Safety

On the internet, it’s never simple to disclose sensitive personal information, especially when it comes to your bank/credit card information. Tab.com.au assures you that your information will be stored safely, securely, and responsibly.

With Tab.com.au, you don’t have to worry about the reliability of the service you’re using. This reasoning is not backed without facts. It is thanks to the fact that the South Australian Responsible Gambling Code of Practice governs the company’s gambling operations in South Australia that we can trust blindly.

Whichever state you reside in will determine whether or not you have access to the NSW, Victorian, or Australian Capital Territory (ACT) wagering license. In other words, it’s legal to bet on sports at TAB.

On both the Tab.com.au site and mobile app, data encryption is top-class. As a bonus to all of this, the operator offers a wide selection of solutions for responsible gaming. Individual players can set their own deposit and spending limitations, temporarily suspend their accounts, and more.

What does the site not have?

Although there is much to boast about the Australian bookie, there is still room for improvement. The lack of a live chat feature dramatically reduces Tab.com.au’s appeal in the eyes of the punter since rapid response is key when money is on the line.

Secondly, the lack of service extended to countries beyond Australia and governed states leaves much to be desired by punters across the globe. Lastly, the absence of a signup bonus for bettors is disappointing, to say the least, but there is very little the bookmaker can do when tied by the law.