Anyone who has ever visited Australia will know that the Australian’s love their sports and they especially love to punt. Australia has more than 130 national sporting organisations and has hosted the Olympics twice. The whole country comes to a stand still every November for the Melbourne Cup, one of the world’s great horse races.
Australia’s passion for all types of sports can been seen in the variety of top sporting events that they host every year, the Australian Grand Prix Formula 1, the Australian Football League (AFL), Bledisloe Cup, Australian Open Tennis, The Ashes, Rugby Union World Cup, the National Rugby League (NRL), National Basketball League (NBL), Hyundai A-League and of course the Melbourne Cup.
Despite the iPhone being the most popular smartphone in Australia, many sports and horse betting sites still do not offer iPhone betting apps. If you’ve got an iPhone and you would like place a bet on the go, here are your best options.
Yes, Betfair for iPhones can now be download from the Apple iTunes App Store in Australia. Although the Betfair iPhone app was initally just launced in the United Kingdom & Ireland, it is now available in a number of additional countries including: Spain, Germany, Portugal, Finland, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and Greece.
To download the FREE Betfair iPhone app just visit the Australian iTunes App Store - http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/betfair-client/id347621336 The Betfair for iPhone app brings you all the same great functionality from the world’s largest online sports betting provider
, along with the added benefit of the iPhone's high resolution touchscreen.Check out our Australian iPhone Betting Guide for a list of all iPhone compatible sports betting sites in Australia.