Australia News - Page 33

International News Brief: One of Crown casino's richest high-rollers has blown a staggering $25 million in a two-year losing streak in Melbourne, Australia.

International News Brief: A gambler who confessed to an undercover policeman posing as a crime boss that he had killed his great-aunt was yesterday found guilty of murder.

International News Brief: Australia’s Sportingbet is refusing to take bets on Brisbane meetings amid fears of race fixing.

International News Brief: The joint initiative between practising accountants' society CPA Australia and the Victorian Government to raise awareness in the workplace about problem gambling, was launched in Melbourne today.

International News Brief: Standard & Poor's has raised its corporate credit rating on Australia's Aristocrat Leisure Ltd to BB, from BB-minus.

International News Brief: TABCORP chief Matthew Slatter has raised the savings target likely to be made from bringing Jupiters casino into the fold.

International News Brief: Victoria and New South Wales, Australia's two most populous states, plan to ban smoking in pubs and other licensed premises by July 1 2007.

International News Brief: Australian bookmaker Michael Eskander has called for the resignation of Racing Minister John Pandazopoulos and associated betting officials.

International News Brief: Australia’s richest man, Kerry Packer, has been dubbed the ‘Prince of Whales’ in a new tell-all book on the world's leading casino high rollers.

International News Brief: The Salvation Army has congratulated the Northern Territory Government for establishing a gambling reference group.

International News Brief: Matthew Joseph Marks has pleaded not guilty to bludgeoning his great aunt.

International News Brief: Australia's horse racing industry has called for a ban on a new style of online betting, saying it encourages fraud, in a move intended to thwart a bid for a gaming licence by British internet betting firm Betfair.

International News Brief: A Melbourne gambling addict who managed to exploit a banking loophole has been sentenced to three years in prison.

International News Brief: Australia’s Opposition Leader Mark Latham today warned bookies they may be the ones losing their shirts in the next election.

International News Brief: Former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett and former Labor premier Joan Kirner, who were responsible for the roll-out of poker machines in Victoria, now believe they almost certainly should have restricted the machines to Crown Casino only.

International News Brief: No Pokies MP Nick Xenophon says problem gamblers should be given the same drug that is used to cure heroin addicts.

International News Brief: The Packer family's private company paid dividends of $40 million in 2002-03, despite net profits from its wide-ranging investment portfolio dropping $51.3 million to $19.3 million.

International News Brief: Queensland Premier Peter Beattie called today for a national ban on smoking in casino high-roller rooms.

News Brief: Alleged crime figure Mario Condello is on a secret list of Crown casino's biggest gamblers - punting at least $7.5 million a year.

International News Brief: A former senior executive with power company TXU was jailed today for eight years for stealing more than $1 million to satisfy a crippling gambling obsession.