Qld charities urge crackdown as private prize draws compete for funds

Qld charities urge crackdown as private prize draws compete for funds

Charities say they have lost more than $60 million in fundraising revenue to companies running trade promotion draws without the same red tape.

  • bySean Parnell

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Robert started his night with an online bet. It finished in hospital with a $40,000 loss

Robert started his night with an online bet. It finished in hospital with a $40,000 loss

Robert is one of the record number of Australians who have sought online gambling help in the past year. No state or territory made more requests than NSW.

  • byDaniel Lo Surdo
‘Real concern’:Essendon supporter group forces vote to change club’s constitution

‘Real concern’:Essendon supporter group forces vote to change club’s constitution

A group of Essendon supporters is confident it has forced a vote on a change to the club’s constitution that would acknowledge the social harm its poker machine licences have caused.

  • byJon Pierik
Blow up the pokies,but if gambling ads are banned,what’s next?

Blow up the pokies,but if gambling ads are banned,what’s next?

There’s a special flavour of nonsense to the idea that the banning of sports-betting advertising might somehow make gambling disappear.

  • byDarren Kane
A case study in sin:The rise and fall of Sihanoukville

A case study in sin:The rise and fall of Sihanoukville

Pleading eyes,empty rooms and abandoned construction sites – the once-glittering rivers of gold have run dry.

  • byZach Hope
Gambling,the Brownlow and Hinkley’s outburst:League chief on the AFL’s biggest talking points

Gambling,the Brownlow and Hinkley’s outburst:League chief on the AFL’s biggest talking points

From the pre-finals bye,to Gather Round,to mid-season trading – in a wide-ranging,frank interview,AFL CEO Andrew Dillon discusses the biggest issues currently facing the league.

  • byJake Niall
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Star casino employee charged over alleged betting scam

Star casino employee charged over alleged betting scam

Two men including a Star employee have been charged over a scheme to rig bets in games at the embattled casino.

  • byJessica McSweeney
Pokies pulled from storage to meet booming demand as profits soar

Pokies pulled from storage to meet booming demand as profits soar

A year after the premier sought to cap poker machines in the community,the number of pokies in pubs and clubs has risen as venues dust off old pokies to meet demand.

  • byHarriet Alexander andNigel Gladstone
Why veterans want pokies clubs to remove ‘RSL’ from their names

Why veterans want pokies clubs to remove ‘RSL’ from their names

RSL boss Mick Bainbridge made the call as analysis shows the $1.3 million that clubs donated to veteran welfare is about the same that one club donated to its own golf club.

  • byHarriet Alexander,Andrew Taylor andNigel Gladstone
Can we lose our gambling addiction without crashing the economy? You bet

Can we lose our gambling addiction without crashing the economy? You bet

Australia has a gambling problem unmatched by other countries. So why won’t the politicians stop enabling our bad habits?

  • byRoss Gittins
The major NSW election promise only 32 people are using

The major NSW election promise only 32 people are using

The users participating in the government’s cashless gaming trial is costing taxpayers an average $20,000 each.

  • byMax Maddison