Australia News - Page 30

International News Brief: The Australian Racing Board has called on the Tasmanian Government to be transparent in its negotiations over a betting exchange licence.

International News Brief: A woman is accused of giving a Crown Casino employee a total of $6,000 to manually change the winning numbers in Rapid Roulette to the numbers she had wagered to allow her to win $66,675.

International News Brief: The promise of a win from an Australian lottery is being used to scam Americans out of their money.

International News Brief: Two decades after opening as Queensland's first legal casino and helping spark the Gold Coast's international tourism boom, Conrad Jupiters Casino is to undergo its first major upgrade.

International News Brief: Online bookmaker International All Sports has told shareholders it's confident it can successfully defend a claim by the Commonwealth Bank that it should have known one of the bank's managers was stealing to feed his gambling habit.

International News Brief: The $20 million North Terrace redevelopment project is due to open in June.

International News Brief: The Tasmanian Government has broken ranks with its interstate counterparts on the controversial issue of online gambling.

International News Brief: Crown Casino in Melbourne has issued an apology to an ABC cameraman assaulted by security guards.

International News Brief: The Victorian Government will open up for tender gambling giant Tattersall's long-held monopoly lotteries licence.

International News Brief: A battered shoe worn by a Hungarian tourist in Australia has sparked an investigation into a syndicate accused of cheating the top casinos of Europe.

International News Brief: AFL clubs are looking to generate millions of dollars by running their own sports betting sites.

International News Brief: A majority of Australian Super 12 players believe they have team-mates who are battling serious alcohol and gambling problems, according to a survey released by their players' asssociation today.

International News Brief: The Australian National University's Centre for Gambling Research (CGR) says support programs need to be expanded for problem gamblers to take into account the needs of different cultural groups.

International News Brief: A Charles Darwin University researcher says an accurate picture of the extent of gambling in the Northern Territory is urgently needed.

International News Brief: Four people have been sentenced in Melbourne County Court for their part in a brawl at Crown Casino that has been described as 'absolute pandemonium'.

International News Brief: Suspected gangsters and organised crime identities will be banned from racetracks under new laws approved by the Victoria Government.

International News Brief: Police will soon have the power to ban alleged underworld figures from Victorian racetracks.

International News Brief: A Government-funded interactive website introducing school students to gambling has come under fire from the Salvation Army.

International News Brief: Minutes after being cleared of fraud charges in a Brisbane court, 'Sugar' Ray Robinson strode to the casino, checked out the TAB and had another lash at the dollar pokies.

International News Brief: Laws to remove 3,000 poker machines from South Australian gaming venues are effective today.