New South Wales News - Page 2

International news brief: The Government will not be enforcing strict conditions on Star City, using the excuse that the casino has a police unit attached to it and extensive security measures in place.

International news brief: The number of parents banned from Star City casino after dumping their children outside has doubled in the past year.

International news brief: Hoo Foo Lim came to Australia with one purpose - to gamble his way through Christmas.

International news brief: A proposed $475 million makeover of Star City casino has too many flaws and should be redesigned, City of Sydney council says.

International news brief: Can a new outdoor poker machine area, sports betting area and a lick of paint really transform Star City from an ugly duckling into a swan?

International news brief: Tabcorp has announced plans for a $475 million redevelopment of Sydney's Star City Casino.

International News Brief: New South Wales remains the biggest recipient of taxes from gambling, at $1.65 billion a year.

International News Brief: Sydney's Star City Casino is proposing a $3.9 million redevelopment for outdoor gambling in response to the New South Wales smoking bans.

International News Brief: A physical education teacher from Sydney's western suburbs has won $1 million in the city's richest poker tournament.

International News Brief: Star City made a one-off $100,000 donation to the NSW Labor Party in the lead-up to the 2007 election only months before it was due to begin negotiations with the State Government over its monopoly casino licence.

International News Brief: The global gaming giant Betfair could be operating in NSW within months and the State Government plans to open the door for other online betting agencies to operate there.

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International News Brief: Actor Russell Crowe and businessman Peter Holmes a Court say they want to get rid of their football club's 160 poker machines because they are worried about the social cost of gambling.

International News Brief: The New South Wales racing industry was in meltdown last night after news a thoroughbred had returned a positive test to equine influenza.

International News Brief: The prospect of a second New South Wales, Australia, casino has re-emerged after it was confirmed yesterday that a Hong Kong billionaire talked to the Premier before the election about setting one up.

International News Brief: Sydney's Star City casino is crying foul over a rejected tax-deduction claim for $120 million rent payment from 1994 and has taken the tax office to court.

International News Brief: Poker game laws are under review in NSW because of an explosion in player numbers, sky-rocketing jackpots, allegations of cheating and the arrival into pubs and clubs of foreign gambling interests.

International News Brief: A gambler who lost more than AUD$600,000 playing roulette at Star City casino after he begged management to keep him away now wants his money back.

International News Brief: The New South Wales Government is hoping to reap hundreds of millions of dollars from a new deal with Star City Casino which would allow it to remain the only operating casino in NSW.

International News Brief: Tabcorp has begun talks with the NSW Government over the exclusivity arrangements for its Star City casino licence in Sydney.