iGaming Business – Paddy Power-owned Australian online bookmaker Sportsbet has launched legal action to stop its employees from joining Beteasy, a new betting company set up by former chief executive Matthew Tripp.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, Sportsbet filed an injunction in the Victorian Supreme Court alleging that former employee Kelli Carpanini had started working for Beteasy in breach of what it said was a “non-complete restraint period”.
The online bookmaker also alleged that Carpanini was in breach of the conditions of her contract by failing to keep communications confidential.
The matter had been due to be heard on Friday but was adjourned after both parties consented.
Tripp is attempting to re-enter the online betting market after a period of enforced leave that ended on March 1 after Sportsbet was sold to Paddy Power for $388 million (€256.4 million/$353 million).
Along with Sportsbet’s original investors and members of the 2005 founding management team, Tripp launched the new venture after acquiring the assets of bookmaker Betezy earlier this month.
