Crown Sydney has proven it can clean up its act. But across the city,its arch rival The Star is facing a very different outlook.
The Star’s special manager has accused the company of extensive compliance breaches including widespread falsification of welfare checks and a failure to stop casino customers from getting $3.2 million in company money.
An early test of a plan to thwart the billions of dollars in dirty money being laundered through pubs and clubs has highlighted a key weakness.
The Victorian gambling regulator said on Tuesday that it was in the public interest for Crown to keep its Melbourne casino licence.
A report into the first club to conduct a cashless gaming trial was completed in September but the government will not release it.
Emerging artist Harrison Witsey has repurposed parts of old poker machines in his latest work.
The annual general meeting of Unions NSW,representing 600,000 members,has sent a clear message to NSW Labor about pokies.
Adverse findings from a new inquiry by the regulator could mean the end of The Star casino’s operations in Sydney. But would that be so bad?
The irresistible combination of maths,graphics and sound made billions of dollars - and triggered an almighty legal stoush.
There has been an increase in hotel groups seeking to concentrate their poker machines at venues with late-night trading,a time when problem gamblers are particularly vulnerable.
More than 1000 pubs and clubs across the state will have dedicated officers keeping an eye on gamblers as they play the pokies.