And so yeah, there were some times when we had plans to go out for dinner on a Saturday night and Dad would come home and go, ‘listen guys, [we’ll] just stay at home, it’s been a rough day.”[2] Eskander's first practical introduction to bookmaking came from working as a clerk for his father's booking making business at the age of 18, while studying Commerce at university.
Working on the racetrack is dynamic and exciting.”[2] Receiving his first bookmaker's license in 1997, Eskander started fielding country race tracks before being granted his Metropolitan rails licence in 2000, during his final year at university.
During Eskander's acceptance of the award, he reflected on the success of Betstar to date as being a result of “good old fashioned service”.
"[3] Betstar has quickly grown to become one of Australia's most reputable corporate bookmakers, offering markets on sports, racing and entertainment on events around the world.
[5] For this reason, Betstar tends to be patriotic in its advertising without being over the top, promoting the fact that profits stay in Australia rather than get siphoned off overseas.