Yes, it's not just restricted to the colonies, it's global. here's a post from 'Euler' in the UK:

You couldn't make it up really.

Old portal doesn't update, new portal link vanishes from site. Money gets taken from accounts at 12:22, nobody knows how the deduction was done. Then to top it off Betfair take the money from an old account I no longer use. It now has a negative balance!