Australia News - Page 16

International News Brief: Victorian Premier John Brumby says a parliamentary committee inquiry into gaming licence tenders was nothing more than a smear campaign and its final report is an embarrassment to the Opposition.

This year's Australasian Gaming Expo, held August 24-26 at Sydney's Darling Harbour, features an innovative and impressive three day conference programme, which is free for gaming industry organisations.

International News Brief: Positive thinking has its pitfalls, particularly when it comes to gamblers who just can't resist playing another round, according to a new Australian study.

International News Brief: The Queensland Government has halted the release of new poker machines as part of sweeping plans to reduce problem gambling across the state.

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

International News Brief: Parents who abandon their children for the casino or the pub could face up to three years in jail under new Queensland laws revealed today.

International News Brief: Carlton's billionaire president, Richard Pratt faces being hauled before a public hearing over his fitness to hold a gaming licence.

International News Brief: If Tatts Group and Tabcorp are serious about tendering for the $700 million Victorian wagering licence, they will have to think long and hard about antagonising the Victorian Government with threats to sue it for up to $1.2billion in compensation claims for losing the poker machine duopoly.

News brief: In a unanimous ruling, seven High Court judges overturned the state-based restrictions on Internet betting in Western Australia that previously banned Betfair from operating in the region.

International News Brief: Automatic teller machines will be banned in all Victorian pokies venues under a Brumby Government crackdown on problem gambling.

International News Brief: Pokies giants Tatts and Tabcorp could be stripped of up to 9000 machines in a gambling industry shake-up to be revealed within days.

International News Brief: SkyCity had invited offers for Adelaide Casino but now says it will be retained, in the best interests of shareholders.

International News Brief: Victorians (Australia) will soon be able to place racing bets from home using their TVs and remote controllers.

International News Brief: Victoria's pokie giants, Tatts and Tabcorp, may have broken the state's tough anti-pokie advertising laws.

Sportsbet.com.au has demonstrated its sense of fair play with its punters during the Sprint Car Racing Championship.

International News Brief: SkyCity Casino and TAB have joined to sue the South Australia Government after it was forced to pay for the regulation of the state's gambling industry.

International News Brief: Victorian poker machine gamblers have lost a record $1.35 billion in just six months.

Alexander Kostritsyn outlasts a record field of 780 players in Melbourne to win the $1.65 million jackpot, the largest prize ever awarded in a live poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.

International News Brief: One of the players at the centre of the ATP Tour's inquiry into match-fixing has accused the governing body of men's tennis of 'political terrorism' and using scare tactics to get players to cooperate.

International News Brief: Tattersalls has been accused of greed after removing its machines from small news agencies.