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How a 16-year-old boy beat Sydney venue security to gamble at pubs and casinos
1+ week, 4+ day ago (569+ words) September 1, 2026 — 2:10pm A 16-year-old boy whose entry into Sydney’s casinos resulted in those venues incurring millions of dollars in fines also gambled at pubs and clubs that have not been penalised, partly due to the difficulty in proving offences at venues…...
‘Every time we get up, we cop a hit’: Casino billionaire’s fury at regulators
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1582+ words) August 31, 2026 — 5:00am A leaked recording of Star Entertainment Group’s most senior executives has captured its Sydney casino boss and the firm’s chief executive complaining of the risk and compliance measures forced onto the scandal-ridden firm by regulators as it attempts to…...
True believers wanted serious gambling reform. We got the hokey pokies
2+ week, 3+ day ago (676+ words) August 27, 2026 — 5:00am At budget estimates on Wednesday, NSW Racing Minister David Harris crowed that the gambling reforms he’d announced a day earlier were the biggest in more than three decades. He’s probably right. How grim. The reforms unveiled by Harris are…...
Gambling reform package is a loss disguised as a win
2+ week, 4+ day ago (496+ words) August 25, 2026 — 5:18pm There is a particular feature of poker machine play that raises the pulses of reform advocates and gamblers alike, known as “losses disguised as wins”. The lights flash and the bells ring and the machine celebrates the spin like…...
Facial recognition mandatory in NSW gaming rooms under latest pokie reforms
2+ week, 5+ day ago (497+ words) August 25, 2026 — 9:56am Mandatory facial recognition in gaming rooms, a statewide poker machine exclusion register and a ban on VIP programs will be rolled out by the Minns government under the latest tranche of anti-gambling reforms. However, a “super profits” tax on…...
The under-the-radar ‘epidemic’ of underage gambling
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1230+ words) Data is thin, but one mother who set up an account for her son says 'every single kid is betting, like everybody' Kath says she and her husband tried their best to resist, but finally did something they never imagined…...
Pensioner’s $500,000 pokies spree and the Wild West of club governance
3+ week, 4+ day ago (908+ words) August 19, 2026 — 5:00am Crown casino has the Sky Salons and The Star has the Sovereign room. But high rollers who want to spend big on the pokies without being subjected to the casinos’ stringent source-of-funds checks have another option: Club Marconi’s Diamond…...
Labor’s controversial gambling bill will pass – with fresh headaches for the government
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1121+ words) Updated August 18, 2026 — 6:23pm,first published 2:22pm Australians who don’t want to see gambling ads online will be able to opt out with a new “AdStop” regime but the government will be scrambling to design a workable scheme and deal with privacy concerns…...
Labor and Coalition unite to lock in new gambling ad laws
3+ week, 4+ day ago (44+ words) SMH.com.au Labor and the Coalition have joined forces in Canberra to lock in tough new restrictions on gambling ads and VIP account managers. Updated August 18, 2026 — 7:35pm,first published 7:30pm...
Canberra, you have a (gambling) problem
3+ week, 4+ day ago (500+ words) August 18, 2026 — 8:00pm Labor had its chance and opted outAlbo, your government will be forever remembered as the government that coulda, shoulda and would have taken decisive action on gambling advertising, but didn’t!Graeme Martin, Alphington Clear whose interests are being servedCommunications…...