Kevin Pitstock

Kevin Pitstock's relationship with Australian racing and gambling is not professional first and personal second — it runs the other way. Growing up on the Central Coast of NSW, he was embedded in a world of SP bookies, owners, jockeys, trainers and committeemen for whom punting was a disciplined, considered activity. The editorial standards he later applied to gambling content came directly from that environment.

He founded 8th Rule Media and built it into one of Australia's most substantial independent gambling publishing networks. OzPoker.net.au and AustralianRacingGreyhound.com were among the first credible digital properties in their respective niches. BettingPlanet.com and RacingOnline.com extended the network's reach, and EsportBet.com showed a publisher willing to move early on an emerging category — esports betting — before most legacy gambling publications had noticed it.

His 2,000+ articles on australiangambling.com.au were published across a fifteen-year span that coincided with the full maturation of the Australian online casino market. The landscape he was writing about in 2009 — a relatively small number of offshore operators, limited regulatory clarity, thin consumer information — looks nothing like the market he was covering in 2024. His output tracked that change throughout.

As a MENSA member and professional punter, Kevin brings an analytical precision to gambling writing that shows up in the detail: house edge calculations, RTP analysis, wagering requirement breakdowns, regulatory context. He surfs, follows rugby league, and approaches leisure with the same competitive attention he brings to the industry he built.