The City of Darebin is taking VCAT to the Supreme Court after the tribunal backed a Preston RSL club’s plan to bring in 15 additional pokies machines.
A Singapore high roller took skipping payment to a whole new level last year, leaving The Gold Coast Star without paying a $43 million gambling debt.
SKYCITY Darwin has officially changed hands to Delaware North after the sale of the top end casino resort was finalised yesterday. We look at what both parties had to say.
Star Entertainment might not be interested in a second casino on the Gold Coast, but the gambling operator is one of three firms in the running for a proposed development in Cairns.
Tourism Minister Kate Jones has announced that the Queensland government is ready to press ahead with plans for a second casino on the Gold Coast.
Coles has sold off its hotels and poker machines but will continue to run bottle shops in Queensland as part of a joint venture with Australian Venue Co.
Although Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk refuses to commit to a total ban on pokies, she would like to see fewer gaming machines in clubs and pubs.
The NSW gambling regulator is investigating Woolworths over claims that staff at more than 50 pubs have been dishing out free drinks to keep players on poker machines.
The NSW Office of Responsible Gambling is dishing out $2.5 million in grants for apps, social media and other technology that tackle gambling addiction.
Pokies addict and anti-gambling activist Shonica Guy has written to the publishers of Where’s Wally? after her son spotted poker machines in the popular children’s book.