BROTHEL owner and professional punter Eddie Hayson has agreed to orders to not approach or contact the mother of his young son.

Mr Hayson, 43, appeared in North Sydney Local Court this week where Mr Hayson's former partner Sascha Jane Fletcher applied for an apprehended violence order.

Magistrate Greg Grogin told the court a hearing of the matter would occur on April 10.

He said Mr Hayson must not approach or contact Ms Fletcher in any way except through a lawyer or by email.

Mr Hayson's lawyer Ross Hudson said Mr Hayson consented to the interim orders and had given an undertaking to the court that he would have custody of his son Joshua Hayson every second weekend.

Mr Hudson said that Mr Hayson had no comment about the case.

The application comes just days after Mr Hayson was sued for $181,150 worth of bad bets he made on horse races, golf and football.

Hayson is best known for pulling off a legendary and controversial betting sting on a Gold Coast greyhound race in 2005 along with gambler Steven Fletcher.

The bets on the dog, Lucy's Light, ripped more than $1 million from bookmakers across the country.

He is a former bankrupt and a regular figure at racing inquiries and owns the Camperdown brothel Stiletto.

Plans to redevelop it into the biggest brothel in the country with a $12 million, three-storey extension were knocked back by the City of Sydney council in September.

A racing source said most racetrack bookmakers now refuse to deal with Mr Hayson because of his reputation for being a slow payer.

Mr Hayson used to own racehorses in partnership with rugby league player Andrew Johns but searches of ownership records reveal he currently owns no horses.

Originally published as AVO taken out on professional punter