Australia News - Page 26

International News Brief: The Tasmanian Government is backing its move to licence Betfair despite claims of more than 25 blotches in its online betting exchange legislation.

International News Brief: The former chairwoman of Victoria's gambling research panel has told the International Pokies Impact Conference in Adelaide that governments are trying to control the gaming industry.

International News Brief: Racing Victoria stewards will refer one punter's bet of $30,000 to the Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority.

International News Brief: Nine people have been taken to hospital after a small fire in part of Melbourne's Crown Casino complex.

International News Brief: Major Australian sports, besides racing, will be given legislative power to determine who bets on their games.

International News Brief: A spirit-cleansing ceremony was recently performed by three Buddhist monks in a Crown Casino toilet said to be haunted to appease its superstitious gamblers.

International News Brief: Secrecy surrounds Tasmania's decision on whether to license British online gambling agency Betfair.

International News Brief: Crown Casino has been found to be in the wrong in six complaints over the conduct of gaming in the past year, while more than 100 breaches of exclusion orders have been recorded, the casino's watchdog has reported.

International News Brief: As Australians prepare for the race that stops a nation new data shows there is no stopping the nation's love of a flutter, with AUD$17.4 billion spent on gambling in the past year.

International News Brief: Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd shareholders should be prepared for PBL's gambling operations to ‘cannibalise’ themselves to tap into the promised riches of the Asian gambling explosion, according to executive chairman James Packer.

International News Brief: The AFL is poised to formalise arrangements with two leading betting agencies that will reap more than $1 million a year from next year.

Scientific Games has been awarded a contract with Independent Gaming Corporation Limited of South Australia in Adelaide to upgrade to the their system for gaming machines.

International News Brief: Three croupiers have revealed how greed, boredom and frustration at seeing gamblers lose drove them to conspire to cheat Melbourne's Crown casino.

International News Brief: Lottery players are South Australia's unluckiest gamblers, with just a 68 per cent rate of return from their tickets.

International News Brief: Australia’s federal and state governments have failed to agree on national laws to limit cash withdrawals from ATMs at gaming venues.

International News Brief: Sky City Entertainment Group, New Zealand's largest casino company, said Thursday that it would bid for Taverner Hotel Group, valued at about 300 million Australian dollars, as curbs on smoking and slot machines limit earnings at home.

International News Brief: A tennis club, kindergarten association and ambulance committee are amongst six northwest Queensland community organisations to share in more than $80,000 in State Government funding.

International News Brief: A Shepparton maths teacher has won $1 million playing the 2c pokies at Crown casino in Melbourne, Australia.

International News Brief: Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon has used new powers to ban 15 people from racecourses and Melbourne's Crown Casino.

International News Brief: A casino high roller in Australia is accused of stealing millions of dollars from banks by obtaining hundreds of loans using fake documents.