Australia News - Page 27

International News Brief: A sponsorship plans may lead to Crown Casino’s stamp inside Australian library books.

International News Brief: An investigation into claims that a 17-year-old Chinese student gambled away $40,000 at Skycity Adelaide Casino has been stalled.

International News Brief: Embattled punter and thoroughbred owner Mark Peters is facing expulsion from racetracks around the world after being served with a show cause notice by Racing NSW because of gambling debts.

International News Brief: Salisbury Mayor Tony Zappia has called for a total phasing out of gaming machines in South Australia, after his vulnerable region again topped the list for the highest spending on gaming machines in the state.

International News Brief: Punters ripped an estimated $250,000 out of the Sydney betting ring when the Joseph Pride-trained Le Bron won the Castanea Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday.

International News Brief: Two security guards at Melbourne's Crown Casino were stabbed with a wine glass by night clubbers during a scuffle.

International News Brief: The Bracks Government is being urged to tighten gambling laws after complaints gamblers have obtained credit at gaming venues by using overdrafts on their home loans and cash advances on department store credit cards.

International News Brief: Embattled punter and thoroughbred owner Mark Peters faces the prospect of being warned off racetracks around the world.

The success of the 15th annual event was due to the wide-range of equipment exhibited and the new format of the conference sessions, according to event organisers.

International News Brief: A mother of two is taking on the role of Jupiters Townsville Hotel and Casino's new general manager.

The world’s best gaming companies and thousands of industry delegates have assembled in Sydney for the 15th annual Australasian Gaming Expo.

International News Brief: Burswood Casino has fallen victim to a multimillion-dollar international high-roller sting.

International News Brief: Smoking bans and refurbishing delays at its Adelaide Casino hit SkyCity's profits in the past financial year, the company said yesterday.

International News Brief: Australia’s Gambling Minister Michael Wright has warned moves by a breakaway group of hoteliers to set up new poker machine venues would have to meet very strict licensing provisions.

International News Brief: Warrnambool gaming machine venue operators yesterday defended their level of community sponsorship.

International News Brief: Search engines with Australian domains, including Google, are being investigated by authorities for possible breach of interactive gambling laws.

International News Brief: No Pokies MP Nick Xenophon says a legal loophole is set to be exploited, allowing the number of South Australia's poker machines to be increased.

International News Brief: A gambling addiction, blind ambition and a desire to flaunt his riches led Keith Jonathan Fernandez to play a central role in one of the biggest stamp duty frauds in Victorian history.

International News Brief: A group of prominent South Australian sporting and legal identities has lost a $1 million court case against a Government-appointed high flyer involving a city nightclub and its poker machines.

International News Brief: Figures for 2003-04 show Tasmanians, on average, each wagered $6750 and lost a total of $788. The year before they gambled $6447 and lost $759.