Robbie Waterhouse
{{Short description|Australian businessman}}
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Robert Waterhouse is an Australian racing identity, businessman, form specialist, punter and bookmaker. Waterhouse is the son of Bill Waterhouse, he is married to thoroughbred horse trainer Gai Waterhouse, and is the father of bookmaker Tom Waterhouse.
Career
Waterhouse is a high-profile bookmaker who followed in the traditions of his father, Bill Waterhouse, a leading Sydney bookmaker{{cite news|last=Reed|first=Ron|title=Robbie Waterhouse on family and the fallout from Fine Cotton|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/superracing/robbie-waterhouse-on-family-and-the-fallout-from-fine-cotton/story-fndpqu3p-1226494794811|work=Herald Sun|date=13 October 2012|accessdate=12 May 2013}} and barrister. Rob Waterhouse first became a licensed bookmaker in 1972 and has worked in all codes: thoroughbreds; jumping; trotting; pacing, greyhounds; greyhound coursing and quarter horse racing. Following a 17-year break from bookmaking due to the fallout from betting in the Fine Cotton Affair, he returned to the track in 2001.{{Cite web |title=Aussie bookmaker Waterhouse returns after lifetime ban is lifted. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Aussie+bookmaker+Waterhouse+returns+after+lifetime+ban+is+lifted.-a077126605 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}
He is currently licensed to field in NSW, Victoria, QLD, NT, Tasmania and the United Kingdom. Rob Waterhouse is also the only bookmaker since 1910 to be licensed to field in NZ (which normally only allows totalisator betting) - when he fielded to much fanfare during the Waikato Racing Carnival at Te Rapa on 2 February 2002.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
In November 2022, Liquor & Gaming NSW confirmed it is prosecuting Waterhouse for alleged breaches of the Betting and Racing Act after he allegedly incentivised a customer to continue punting after they requested their account be closed.{{Cite web |last=McGuire |first=Amelia |date=2022-11-04 |title=Bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse faces charges, fines over dealings with punter |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/bookmaker-robbie-waterhouse-charged-with-inducement-offences-by-gaming-regulator-20221104-p5bvq4.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}
=Fine Cotton affair=
{{main|Fine Cotton}}
Both Bill and Robbie Waterhouse were caught up in the aftermath of the Fine Cotton affair.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/thetrack/ep5trans.htm|work=The Track|title=Episode five: Follow the Money |format=transcript|publisher=ABC TV|year=2000|accessdate=9 May 2013}} Bill and Robbie Waterhouse were warned-off racecourses for having prior knowledge of a ring-in being installed in a race.{{cite news |title=Remembering Fine Cotton|url=http://www.racingandsports.com.au/racing/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=46668&story=Remembering_Fine_Cotton|first=Glenn|last=Davis|agency=AAP|date=15 August 2004|work=Racing and Sports|accessdate=11 May 2013}} Robbie Waterhouse was disqualified for life from holding a bookmaker's licence and "warned-off" Australian and other racecourses. The ban was lifted in August 2001 and he then successfully re-applied for a licence.
=Business interests=
Waterhouse is a company director and owned shares in companies associated with Tom Waterhouse NT, a company licensed as a bookmaker in the Northern Territory, operated by Waterhouse's son, Tom, and Robbie Waterhouse's sister, Louise Raedler Waterhouse.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/robbie-waterhouse-owns-stake-in-sons-company-20130429-2inmw.html|title=Robbie Waterhouse owns stake in son's company|first=Ben|last=Butler|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=29 April 2013|accessdate=16 May 2013}} The business was sold to British bookmaker William Hill in 2013.
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|first=John|last=Ellicott|title=Waterhouse & Smith: The Rise To Power Of Two Racing Dynasties|publisher=Hardie Grant Books|location=Prahran, Vic.|year=2008|pages=303|type=hardback |isbn=9781740665100}}
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Category:Horse racing in Australia
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Australian bookmakers