Sportsbet Fast Code class action (Supreme Court of Victoria): Status, Rulings and What It Means for Players

The Sportsbet Fast Code class action is a group proceeding in the Supreme Court of Victoria in which Jeremy Bergman sues Sportsbet Pty Ltd for customers who placed Fast Code bets between December 24, 2018 and December 24, 2024 and lost more than they won. The trial began on August 3, 2026.

As of November 14, 2026 the court page lists no judgment. No payout exists, no settlement has been reached and no claim form exists. The opt-out deadline closed on February 13, 2026. How we source and check every case: methodology.

Dates from the Supreme Court of Victoria page; judgment pending, no payout exists.

What this case is about

Bergman v Sportsbet Pty Ltd, docket S ECI 2024 07057 in the Supreme Court of Victoria, was started by writ on December 24, 2024. It alleges that Sportsbet's Fast Code service breached the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth). A complaint states one side's allegations, and only the court's orders decide anything.

What Fast Code is and what the claim says

The plaintiff alleges that Fast Code, a service in which customers keyed bet details into the app and then confirmed by a short phone call, was in-play betting provided other than wholly by telephone, which is one side's allegation, not a finding. Sportsbet filed its defense on April 17, 2025.

Class counsel is Maurice Blackburn and defense counsel is Allens. The case is one of the sports betting lawsuits we track. It is the first Australian class action to attack a bookmaker's product as unlawful.

The statute behind the claim: Interactive Gambling Act 2001

The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth) is the federal law the claim relies on for the argument that Fast Code bets were void. The claim has these heads:

• breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth) through in-play betting not wholly by telephone;
• betting contracts that were void or breached;
• misleading or deceptive conduct under the Australian Consumer Law, including a representation that Fast Code was lawful;
• damages and restitution of net losses.

The court has not yet said how it reads the Act on these facts. Group costs orders and Victorian group proceedings are explained in our guide to gambling class actions in Australia, which also covers the Crown and Star cases.

Who is covered

You are in the class if you placed one or more bets using Sportsbet's Fast Code service between December 24, 2018 and December 24, 2024 and lost more than you won.

The class: Fast Code bettors from 24 December 2018 to 24 December 2024

Membership turns on two things: a Fast Code bet inside the six-year window, and net losses across those bets.

• In the class: customers with at least one Fast Code bet in the window whose net result across those bets was a loss, unless they opted out.
• Not in the class: people who opted out, and customers whose Fast Code bets netted a gain.
• Not confirmed in the court record: whether group members must register to share in any later recovery. The court page is the place to check.

Opt-out deadline passed: 13 February 2026

The opt-out deadline was 4 pm on February 13, 2026 and has passed. Delany J made the opt-out orders on October 27, 2025, a date taken from the record we hold, because we have not read the order text. Opting out would have kept the right to sue alone.

People who did not opt out are generally bound by the result of a group proceeding, win or lose. Our guide on how to join, opt out or sue alone in a gambling class settlement explains what staying in the group means.

Is there a payout?

No payout exists: the case has not been decided, no settlement has been reached and no claim form exists.

Group costs percentages are deductions from any recovery; no recovery exists in this case.

What a recovery would look like: net losses less the 33 percent group costs order

Class = persons who placed one or more Fast Code bets between 2018-12-24 and 2024-12-24 and lost more than they won (opt-out closed 2026-02-13)
Claim = damages and restitution of net losses on Fast Code bets (heads: Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (Cth); void or breached betting contracts; Australian Consumer Law)
Group costs order = Maurice Blackburn entitled to 33% (inclusive of GST) of any award or settlement (s 33ZDA Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic); [2025] VSC 521, 2025-08-28)
Illustration of the deduction only: of each AUD 100 recovered for the group, AUD 33 goes to group costs; this is arithmetic on the order, not a forecast of any award
Payout today: none. Judgment: pending. Settlement: none. Claim form: none.

Any payout is a future event that depends on a judgment for the group, a quantum process and a distribution scheme, none of which exists yet. Matthews J approved the 33 percent group costs order on August 28, 2025 in [2025] VSC 521, reasoning that the case is relatively novel.

The 33 percent comes off any recovery before group members share it, and no estimate of a recovery can be made from the record. For what settlements have actually paid each claimant, see class action payout per person, which compares fund, fees, claim rate and caps.

What happens next

The next event is Justice Craig's judgment, and no date for it is listed on the court page as of November 14, 2026.

Judgment after the August 2026 trial

The trial began on Monday, August 3, 2026 before Craig J and was listed to run two to three weeks; the court page lists no judgment. It also lists filings to August 6, 2026. The trial end date and the judgment date are not confirmed in the court record.

A decision on liability would not by itself pay anyone. Money would follow only after further steps.

Appeals and what follows a win or a loss

A judgment can be appealed, and nothing in the court record shows a hearing date after the trial. Whether any party will appeal is not known.

The parallel Ladbrokes and Neds case is brought on the same theory and has no trial date in the record. We make no prediction about either outcome. Judgments under appeal are listed in our tracker of appeals and high court rulings in gambling cases.

Timeline

The case moved from a writ on December 24, 2024 to trial in under two years.

What the court has decided so far

Two orders exist in the record: the group costs ruling of August 28, 2025 and the opt-out orders of October 27, 2025; neither decides whether Fast Code was lawful.

Matthews J's ruling, Bergman v Sportsbet Pty Ltd (GCO Ruling) [2025] VSC 521, set the group costs percentage at 33, inclusive of GST. The two other Victorian gambling class actions in the record received lower percentages.

No order has decided liability, damages or any settlement. Every case against this bookmaker, including the individual claims, is listed on the page for Sportsbet lawsuits.

Documents and sources

Every date and figure on this page comes from the court's own pages and the group costs ruling, listed here with the copy we read.

• Supreme Court of Victoria, "Sportsbet class action" page (primary).
• Group costs ruling, Bergman v Sportsbet Pty Ltd (GCO Ruling) [2025] VSC 521 (primary).
• Supreme Court of Victoria news, "Class action trials begin", August 3, 2026 (primary).
• Lawyerly report on the 33 percent order (press, supporting only).
• The plaintiff firm's class action page (a lead only, never the sole source of a status value, and not linked because it carries a sign-up form).

Related cases

The Ladbrokes and Neds Fast Code twin

A parallel class action against Ladbrokes and Neds, brought on the same theory, had its opt-out deadline on October 8, 2026.

It is docket S ECI 2025 01120 in the Supreme Court of Victoria, and Nichols J made a 33 percent group costs order on July 20, 2026 in [2026] VSC 458 after refusing the 35 percent sought. Read the page on the Ladbrokes and Neds Fast Code class action for its own status.

Other Sportsbet cases in Australian courts

The Fast Code class is separate from individual claims against Sportsbet.

• Eddine v Sportsbet: a Federal Court claim filed in August 2026 over about AUD 2.5 million of net losses.
• Gassner v Sportsbet and BetEasy: a Federal Court claim filed in 2023 to recover about AUD 606,000; the outcome after the October 2023 mediation is not confirmed in the court record.
• Fineff v Sportsbet, Tabcorp and Entain: a Federal Court claim listed in the record with a June 30, 2026 status date; whether Sportsbet remains a defendant is not confirmed in the court record.
• Sportsbet convicted and fined AUD 22,000 (NSW, 2021): per the record, a conviction and AUD 22,000 fine on March 26, 2021 over a bonus bet inducement advertisement.

None of these decides whether Fast Code was lawful.

Questions people ask

Is there a class action against Sportsbet?

Yes; Bergman v Sportsbet Pty Ltd is a group proceeding in the Supreme Court of Victoria, filed December 24, 2024. It is one of the cases listed under gambling lawsuits in Australia.

Is there a Sportsbet class action payout?

No; no payout exists because the case is undecided and has no settlement or claim form. Any future recovery would be reduced by the 33 percent group costs order.

Can I still opt out of the Sportsbet class action?

No; the opt-out deadline passed on February 13, 2026. For what that means, see our guide to what staying in a gambling class action group means.

What is the latest update on the Sportsbet class action?

The trial began on August 3, 2026 and, as of November 14, 2026, the court page lists no judgment. No date for a judgment is listed.

How much do class actions usually pay?

It depends on fund, fees, claim rate and caps; see what gambling settlements actually paid each claimant.

Does this case decide whether Sportsbet is legal?

No; the claim is about one product, Fast Code. The court has made no finding on that product or on the bookmaker as a whole.

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