It's the question gripping Canberra right now: where is retiring Labor giant Stephen Conroy headed for his next stipend?

Obviously being Super Dad is priority numero uno, but if we're talking numbers, we hear his next gig will be as chief executive of the new and improved lobby group for corporate bookies, the Wagering Council: soon to be known as Responsible Gaming Australia.

The offer has certainly been made, its membership includes Bet 365, Tom Waterhouse's William Hill and James Packer's CrownBet. Whether he takes the gig remains to be seen.

Stephen Conroy. Angela Brkic

It will be a challenging one, given the Turnbull Government's proposed clampdown on live (or in-play) betting on sporting fixtures, state governments (particularly Jay Weatherill's in South Australia) looking for low-hanging "place of consumption" tax revenue and the ever-terrifying Nick Xenophon factor. Promises to be red underpants at 20 paces ...

Elsewhere in betting land, changes aplenty up north-a-ways where the gold watch budget is about to blown with the departure from Tatts Group in Brisbane of its long-serving COO, Barrie Flettin - who has announced his retirement after 24 years. Tatts' CFO Neale O'Connell also announced his intention to fly the coop.