Betting agency Betstar makes fun of The Voice. Loses Yeah, real funny guys. Picture: Getty Source: Supplied Betstar sends out weekly newsletter Takes aim at the coaches on The Voice Bookie unapologetic about "approach and tone" IN A case of extreme humour fail, a leading Australian betting agency has made a string of "nauseating" and "nasty" jibes at the expense of cast members of The Voice. But Alan Eskander, co-owner of betting agency Betstar and a frequent TV presence during the Melbourne Cup carnival, says it's all just good fun. Betstar issues a weekly newsletter called "The Betstar Blast" to about 30,000 clients. This week's "Blast" was emailed out with the subject heading: "Delta, Looks like you've blown a Seal!" The newsletter, which was promoting the agency's betting markets on reality TV contests, went on to describe Seal's lip-synching and swaying as "like a prize bull having his prostate milked." But it was only warming up. It then proceeded to ask whether the toothpick hanging from Joel Madden's bottom lip has heroin on the end of it. Perhaps the most offensive part of the newsletter was its personal attack on cancer survivor Delta Goodrem and the people who chose her as a judge on The Voice. "I'm not sure that we should allow anyone who's been out with Mark Philippoussis to judge anything," Betstar wrote. Some form of blunt force trauma to the head has clearly impaired their judgment. While entertainment reporter Melissa Hoyer described it as "nauseating," "nasty" and "plain ole tacky," Alan Eskander remained defiant. "We are a little unapologetic about our approach and our tone," he said. The Betstar Blast has its own brand and tone and approach. It is an opt-in newsletter, and we are very transparent about the fact that it takes the piss and is meant to be entertaining. Some might find it offensive and some will find it thoroughly entertaining. Mr Eskander doesn't write the newsletter himself, but says he doesn't give the writer strict parameters. The vast majority of people who opt-in actually love our newsletter because we don't force it down anyone's throat. If Mr Eskander re-reads the subject line of this week's Betstar Blast, he's probably going to wish he had worded that statement a little differently.