[2] In 2018, Ladbrokes Coral (and therefore Betstar) were acquired by gaming group Entain (formerly GVC Holdings).

[4] In October 2009 Eskander's Betstar was announced as a Business Review Weekly Fast 100 company, the BRW Fast 100 ranks companies with according to their average annual turnover growth over three years Michael Eskander emigrated to Australia from Egypt in July 1966, working as a bank teller initially and moving onto a number of industries before being exposed to bookmaking.

[6] After being granted his licence, Michael worked his way to become one of Australia's most prominent and well respected bookmakers.

[7] Alan Eskander, son of Michael was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew and later achieved a bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Economics.

[8] Betstar are known for their authoritativeness as a source in many of Melbourne's newspapers about sporting & horse racing betting odds.