Australia News - Page 35

News Brief: Christmas Islanders are enraged over Federal Government minister Ian Campbell’s decision to prohibit operations on the remote island.

International News Brief: Key sporting bodies stand to collect a multi-million-dollar annual windfall under plans to demand license fees from bookmakers and betting outlets who gamble on their sports.

International News Brief: Gambling conglomerate Tabcorp Holdings Ltd has further extended the offer period of its takeover bid for NSW-based Tab Ltd to allow the last remaining Tab shareholders to accept the proposal.

International News Brief: Victoria’s poker machine gamblers loss has dipped for the second year in a row since the introduction of gaming-room smoking bans in 2002.

International News Brief: A pathological gambler who robbed 13 Adelaide businesses in six months to feed his habit, has been jailed for 16 years.

International News Brief: Banks will be forced to limit cash available at gambling venues under a Federal Opposition proposal to tackle problem gambling.

International News Brief: Victorian gaming giant Tabcorp Holdings Ltd has now ticked over 90 per cent of acceptances from Tab Ltd shareholders for its takeover bid, triggering the compulsory acquisition of Tab's remaining shares.

International News Brief: Australia’s Federal Opposition wants Centrelink to take a key role in helping those who cannot control their gambling.

International News Brief: Australia's National Rugby League boss David Gallop will meet with Betfair next week in an effort to explore a possible new revenue stream for the NRL.

International News Brief: The Packer family's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited has edged one step closer to a successful takeover bid for Western Australia's Burswood casino.

International News Brief: Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd has continued to pile the pressure on takeover target Burswood, outlining new conditions for any extension of its offer as it creeps closer to gaining control of the West Australian casino operator.

International News Brief: Centre Racing’s proprietor Terry Lillis was told by the police to pay extortionists who were threatening to close down his online betting agency if he didn’t pay them $20,000.

International News Brief: Aboriginal leaders have called for a further investigation of the gambling habits of former ATSIC deputy chairman ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson following the disclosure that he had turned over almost $5 million at Queensland casinos.

International News Brief: A former ATSIC deputy chairman allegedly gambled nearly AUD$5 million at Queensland casinos over a 30-month period.

International News Brief: The British-based Internet betting company, Betfair, says 150 Tasmanian jobs would be created if the State Government grants its website gambling exchange a license.

International News Brief: With two days till the Packer family's PBL discloses whether it will extend or close its takeover bid for West Australian casino operator Burswood, it's time to consider whether constraints should apply to PBL's tactics.

International News Brief: Online betting exchanges were unlikely to boost problem gambling and did not need federal regulation, a government report has found.

International News Brief: An industrial dispute which erupted in Tasmania’s first-ever casino strike last weekend appears closer to resolution.

International News Brief: According to the a new report, Tasmanians gambled away AUD$270 million last financial year.

News Brief: Punters lost a national total of more than AUD$15.3 billion last financial year, sparking a call yesterday for a summit on problem gambling.