In May 2018, William Hill sold its Australian business, seeing Waterhouse to a two-year non-compete agreement. In July 2014, Waterhouse became CEO of William Hill Australia operating the TomWaterhouse, Centrebet, Sportingbet, and William Hill brands operating from three countries with approximately 500 employees, one million clients, and over two billion dollars in turnover. In August 2013 website was sold to the international betting giant William Hill (bookmaker) where Waterhouse then continued as Managing Director of TomWaterhouse. In this time, the company grew from a start-up with three people to over 100 and from less than 1,000 clients to approximately 250,000. They claim a client list of 100 'high-net-worth individuals' whose minimum bet is $1000. The company was one of Australia's largest corporate bookmakers, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Darwin. In 2010 Waterhouse launched an online gambling business.

įor four years Waterhouse lived in Melbourne's Crown Casino for most of the week due to the protectionist betting laws in NSW. By 2008, Waterhouse was Australia's biggest on-track bookmaker, holding more than $20 million over four days at the Melbourne Cup carnival, more than all the other bookmakers combined. Īfter obtaining his bookmaking licence he began working as a bookmaker on course in 2003. He was only six months into his Commerce degree, but he immediately rearranged his timetable so that he could attend the races for the rest of the week. In 2001, Waterhouse's father, Robbie Waterhouse, asked him if he would help out at Rosehill Racecourse, which Waterhouse enjoyed. The family tradition was carried on from 1954 by Bill, who set a huge betting record as the world's biggest bookmaker. Tom Waterhouse is the fourth generation of the family to embrace racing, a tradition that began in 1898 when his great grandfather Charles Hercules Waterhouse, took out a licence to operate on the flat at Randwick. He received a Bachelor of Commerce & Liberal Studies at the University of Sydney, majoring in finance and marketing with the intention of working in finance. Waterhouse was born in Sydney and educated at Shore, North Sydney. Smith trained 279 Group One winners, including two Melbourne Cup winners. William 'Bill' Waterhouse was the world's biggest bookmaker in the 1960s and 1970s. His grandfathers on both sides were involved in the racing industry.

He is the fourth generation of the Waterhouse racing dynasty and the grandson of one of the first official bookmakers in Australia. Thomas Robert Waterhouse (born 11 June 1982) is an Australian businessman, Chief Investment Officer of Waterhouse VC, Director of, co-founder of investment firm.

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