The 30-year-old bookmaker has been the subject of ongoing criticism for his omnipresent television commercials and appearances on Channel 9's NRL coverage spruiking the odds on matches.
But that criticism reached a crescendo over the Easter weekend with Fairfax media publishing a report yesterday in which Waterhouse was accused of being "the smiling face of this (sports betting) plague".
Waterhouse did not return calls from The Daily Telegraph last night but a family spokesman said the bookmaker was looking at taking legal action.
"Let's just say the Waterhouses are the most litigation-conscious family there is," the spokesman said.
The personal attack came as his mother, champion racehorse trainer Gai Waterhouse, defended her son in The Sunday Telegraph.
"They (politicians) should stop criticising - all they can ever do, the Greenies and all the rest of them," Waterhouse said.
"He is out there working his butt off. If everyone worked as hard as my son Tom we'd have a much better Australia."
Tom Waterhouse was quoted in The Sunday Telegraph as saying he has not been rattled by the criticism.
"Whether it is rugby league or other things, people will go: 'What are you doing?' And heckling a bit," Tom Waterhouse said.
"I just try and take it in my stride and just do it."
news.com.au 1 Apr 2013
Another corrupt figure in the racing / betting world that is ultimately 'untouchable'.
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