Australia News - Page 37

International News Brief: Investors have welcomed the appointment of John Alexander to the top job at the Packer-controlled Publishing & Broadcasting although the sudden departure of chief executive Peter Yates yesterday took them by surprise.

ews Brief: Horseracing representatives were given the opportunity June 8 to tell a California Senate Governmental Organization sub-committee what's troubling the sport and they had plenty to say.

One of Crown's biggest gamblers says he has developed a casino-beating blackjack system.

International News Brief: A 19-year-old Lancelin man will face court today after being charged over the weekend security scare at Burswood Casino which resulted 2,000 people being evacuated.

International News Brief: Accused underworld hitman Victor Brincat threatened to put a bullet in a security guard's head during a brawl at the Crown casino complex, a court heard yesterday.

International News Brief: More than 2000 people were evacuated from a Perth casino after a man released pepper spray on the gaming floor.

International News Brief: Queensland police investigating a Chinese gambling scam operating in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Cairns have appealed for information from the public.

International News Brief: A 50-year-old New Zealand woman was followed into the casino toilets where a man stabbed her and allegedly tried to rob her.

International News Brief: Acting Queensland Premier Terry Mackenroth says he does not believe the state needs a large-scale anti-gambling campaign as the problem is not as major as some people claim.

International News Brief: Melbourne jockey Darren Gauci and disqualified bookmaker Anthony Cullen were interviewed by Racing Victoria stewards yesterday.

International News Brief: Police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon has banned from Crown Casino a Melbourne man accused of heading a $2 billion drug trafficking business.

International News Brief: A betting agent is on the run today after fleeing with a client's $700,000 wager.

International News Brief: Kerry Packer is expected to launch a fresh assault against Burswood Casino within the week.

International News Brief: Victoria Police will boost its specialist crime-fighting casino squad to crack down on money laundering at Melbourne's Crown Casino by organised crime figures.

International News Brief: A Commonwealth Bank branch manager's AUD$17 million betting binge comprised up to 65 per cent of the annual revenue of Mark Read's online betting company, the bank is set to allege in a civil suit against the company.

International News Brief: South Australian hoteliers are buying interstate pubs due to uncertainty surrounding future poker machine revenue.

International News Brief: Joan Kirner, the Victorian Labor premier who gave an 18-year duopoly poker machine licence to Tabcorp and Tattersall's, admitted it was a mistake.

International News Brief: A gambling survey has cast doubt on whether women are more likely to be problem gamblers.

International News Brief: Bookmaker Anthony Cullen lied about his relationship with jockey Craig Newitt because he had been under enormous pressure over mounting innuendo he had ‘fixed’ the Highways Tabaret Handicap at Sandown last year, the Racing Appeals Tribunal heard yesterday.

International News Brief: There is new evidence which shows Victorians want gambling reforms including a reduction in the number of pokie machines.