Australia News - Page 27

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.

International News Brief: It’s among the more unusual jobs Gareth Kays and his team from Production Works have done -- lighting up Wrest Point Casino in hot pink as part of a world-wide Global Illumination to spread the word on breast cancer research awareness.

IndoPacific Gaming has secured the distribution rights for the new table game, Jackpot Roulette® in Australasia.

International News Brief: SkyCity Casino faces further investigations over its failure to report a man believed to have been ‘snorting drugs’ at a Port Adelaide Football Club function.

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.