HorseRacing.com.au – One of the world’s leading betting and gaming companies, Ladbrokes plc., has entered the Australian betting market after acquiring Gaming Investments – the holding company and owner of online gambling operator Bookmaker.com.au – for an initial fee of $22.5 million with further payments based on results. Ladbrokes is one of the world’s best known gambling brands and offers betting services to punters all over the world through their website, telephone betting operation and retail-betting shops that can be found in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium and Spain. The global gambling operator will launch their own site, Ladbrokes.com.au, in…