Queenslanders were promised champagne and caviar. Turns out,we could end up with Coke and crackers.
Star was already on its knees when carded play was introduced to its Sydney casino,a measure that brought it completely undone.
A $300 million deal with US-based company Bally’s will allow the embattled casino operator to protect 8000 jobs in NSW and Queensland.
As Star’s former boss gets grilled in the Federal Court,the casino operator is chasing an 11th-hour reprieve from financial collapse.
The casino operator’s shares may never trade again after the share market operator suspended trading of the Star,which could not file its financial accounts.
The government has introduced various gambling reforms,but harm minimisation advocates say they will not make an impact.
Poker machine reforms were the unifying factor for three new MPs.
A cashless gambling trial was meant to guide public policy on poker machines,but divisions are wider than ever and the government is in a pickle. What went wrong?
Not even the world’s biggest role-playing game,now 50 years old,is immune from the broader cultural debate about balancing inclusivity with history and tradition.
In one council area,more than $2 million a day was poured into poker machines during a three-month period,leaving gambling reform advocates furious.