Australia News - Page 38

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.

International News Brief: A former Tasmanian financial adviser who gambled away millions of dollars of his clients' hard-earned cash will spend at least four years in jail.

International News Brief: The opening hours of clubs and pubs with poker machines should be cut and maximum bets reduced by up to 90 per cent to reduce problem gambling in Victoria, a new report says.

International News Brief: An Australian woman with a $19 million poker machine habit was jailed yesterday for stealing more than $1.65 million.

International News Brief: The charge into the New South Wales local pub market to take advantage of poker machine profits has led to a flurry of buying activity with the latest deals totalling AUD$8 million.

International News Brief: A gambling counselling service claims the close proximity of automatic teller machines (ATM) to gambling venues is fuelling problem gambling in the Riverina.

The first stage of Skycity Adelaide's major redevelopment project commences this week, signalling the next step in the property's development as a leading entertainment destination.

International News Brief: A gambler could not be held responsible for stealing AUD$22 million from his boss because his gambling was so uncontrollable it constituted a mental illness, according to his lawyer.

International News Brief: Australia's powerful gambling industry has been put on notice by a new generation of political leaders and is being attacked by an increasingly broad cross-section of society.

International News Brief: Bankers have dismissed a proposal to block Australian punters from using credit cards at online casinos, arguing their customers should be allowed to ‘spend their money how they choose’.

International News Brief: South Australian Gambling Minister Michael Wright says new rules covering gaming venues, which come into effect today, will make people more aware of the dangers of problem gambling.

International News Brief: Australian champion jockey Corey Brown and bookmaker Horsebet.com.au are challenging racing industry policy which prevents a jockey from wearing advertising on his riding britches in races.

International News Brief: Analysts said there was little prospect of a bidding war over Australian casino operator Burswood.

International News Brief: Shares in Burswood Ltd, operator of Perth's casino and hotel complex, rose 17 cents, or 13.5 per cent, to AUD$1.43 after Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd last night made a takeover bid.

International News Brief: Kerry Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd has strengthen its grip on Australia's high-roller gambling market by launching a $580.6 million bid for the remainder of Western Australia's Burswood Casino.