Australia News - Page 16

International News Brief: A highly organised Asian syndicate cheated the Gold Coast's Conrad Jupiters Casino out of almost $1 million in less than an hour at the high rollers' tables before being arrested.

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: Greek gambling giant Intralot has backflipped on last week's pledge not to introduce SMS punting.

International News Brief: The Tasmanian Gaming Commission's annual report has been released in State Parliament.

International News Brief: Residents on Christmas Island say whoever wins the Australian federal election on Saturday must commit to reopening the local casino or the island's economy will continue to suffer.

International News Brief: Victoria poker machine punters have lost $678 million in just three months.

International News Brief: The Victoria Racing Club has more money than it knows what to do with thanks to recent remarkably successful four-day Melbourne Cup carnivals.

International News Brief: A teenage university student with five months' poker experience won Adelaide Holdem Championship Series and then returned to his supermarket job yesterday.

International News Brief: Tennis Australia has engaged a security consultant and formed a working party to prevent match-fixing at the Australian Open.

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.

Our Top-10 list of Gambling Destinations begins in New England, travels the high seas to China and lands in Las Vegas.

International News Brief: Tennis Australia has evicted state betting agency, Tabcorp, from the grounds of next year's Australian Open, a dramatic move amid reports of betting anomalies on the men's pro circuit.

International News Brief: The biggest hotel in Australia will be built at Southbank as part of a $540 million expansion of Melbourne's Crown Casino complex.

International News Brief: Claims that Crown casino allowed a banned problem gambler to lose $30 million will be contested in the Supreme Court.

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.

Six Australian players will take part in Extreme Poker's high stakes game of Texas Hold’em Poker dangling off the cliffs of North Head.

GamedayPoker.com has announced a multi-year partnership with Australian V8 Supercar Championship team PWR Racing.

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 Queensland Government has introduced laws into Parliament increasing the penalties for casino operators who let minors enter their premises.

International News Brief: Claims Crown casino allowed a banned problem gambler to blow $30 million are headed for an explosive Supreme Court showdown.