RealBookie Australia launched online in 2020.
However, owners Mark Sampieri and Chris Lester have been on-course bookmakers for much longer than that.
Mark Sampieri began bookmaking in 2003 following in his father Graeme's footsteps. Graeme Sampieri is one of Melbourne's most respected on-course bookmakers beginning in 1966.
Chris Lester got his booking licence in 2013 but has been known in the scene for decades before that.