Basketball New Zealand has received an unprecedented cash injection after collecting more than $1 million in commission payments from the TAB in 2014.

A three-day cyber-attack against the TAB website has been thwarted by specialist IT staff.

Millie Elder-Holmes has spoken of the pressure she feels ahead of her Fight for Life bout in Hamilton on Saturday.

The Totalisator Agency Board's new broadcasting general manager, Craig Norenbergs, wants tweeters following the horses.

Kiwis bet more than $2 million on the 2014 Fifa World Cup final, making it the TAB's third most popular sporting event in history.

Sport betting's top executive left his $1 million job for "personal and family" reasons, saying the commute between Auckland and Wellington affected his health and family life.

The All Blacks head to Australia tomorrow as heavy favourites with the TAB for a weekend win over the Wallabies despite losing star playmaker Dan Carter.

The TAB has admitted for the first time they are banning what they believe to be professional punters from betting fixed odds with them.

A Wellington punter collected a $250,000 payout from the TAB after successfully picking eight second round NRL winners.

More than 50 long-serving TAB workers look set to lose their jobs as the agency prepares to close its Auckland phone betting centre at Ellerslie.

It is a very ordinary card of games this weekend, possibly the single worst of the tournament, so this game of mild interest is elevated beyond its station.

After motorbiking round the world and saving Happy Feet, economist Gareth Morgan wants to revolutionise our tax and welfare system. Andrew Laxon asks him why.