Australia News - Page 31

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.

International News Brief: Secret Crown casino security documents have revealed staff made thousands of mistakes affecting gamblers last financial year.

International News Brief: ATSIC commissioner 'Sugar' Ray Robinson shouted drinks and gambled thousands of dollars of federal government money during a drinking session at a Brisbane hotel, an Australian court was told today.

International News Brief: Three floors of Melbourne's riverside Crown Casino complex were evacuated tonight due to a gas leak.

International News Brief: Speed poker, the newest, made-for-TV variation of the grand old card game, made its Australian debut at Melbourne's Crown casino.

International News Brief: Whispers at Crown casino that the Australian Poker Championships next week might pull the celebrity talents of Tobey Maguire.

International News Brief: The first definitive study of the effects of all forms of gambling on the Southern Australian economy will be commissioned in March.

International News Brief: Tighter smoking bans which became effective from yesterday will have the biggest financial impact on gaming venues.

International News Brief: The ban applies to all forms of advertising outside gaming areas including print, television and radio advertisements and unsolicited mail.

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd., Australia's biggest gaming company, raised $700 million in a U.S. debt sale to fund its acquisition of Tab Ltd.

International News Brief: Australian punters wagered $11.1 billion on thoroughbreds last year, the highest level in the nation's gambling history.

Skycity Queenstown Casino said today that it is prepared for the introduction of smoke free legislation on 10 December 2004 and that a smooth transition is expected as the days count down to the enactment of the new law.

International News Brief: Pokies addicts may sue Tattersall's, Tabcorp, Crown casino and the Victorian Government in an Australian-first class action.

International News Brief: Melbourne bookmaker Frank Hudson has admitted to Racing NSW stewards that he held almost $450,000 from 52 unlicensed bets when ‘socialising’ at Warwick Farm on October 4.

A psychologist in Australia who has identified different types of compulsive gamblers and a Rhode Island psychiatrist who has studied how gambling addicts respond to drug treatment have received top honors from a casino industry-funded research center.

International News Brief: A 17-year-old school student from China lost more than $40,000 in five months at an Adelaide casino, exposing widespread but hidden gambling addictions among Asian students studying in Australia.

International News Brief: A Sydney club could be stripped of its poker machine licence and fined up to $300,000 if found to have breached anti-gambling laws.

International News Brief: Technology is playing a huge role in the way organised crime is developing throughout the world and law enforcers struggle to keep up.