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| UpdatedPeople playing poker machines don't expect to win and consider it no different to going to a movie, a hospitality group representative has told Tasmania's gambling inquiry.
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The head of the company that holds a monopoly on poker machines in Tasmania dismisses evidence that the majority of Tasmanians are worried about the social impact of pokies.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedGambling researchers say more needs to be done to determine the level of harm caused by poker machines, after figures show punters lost $5.7 billion on New South Wales poker machines last financial year.
Topics: community-and-society, gambling, lifestyle-and-leisure, clubs-and-associations, tweed-heads-2485, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAn ongoing court action into allegations of money laundering and ambitious plans to expand the business have dragged down the profit of wagering giant Tabcorp.
Topics: company-news, industry, gambling, australia
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| UpdatedImagine your smartphone being able to negotiate the best price of a new car for you — that's one of the potential implications of artificial intelligence beating humans in poker for the first time, experts say.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, games-industry-professional-gaming, games, gambling, human-interest, united-states
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Former tennis greats including Pat Cash and Paul McNamee have called for greater prize money for players on the qualifying circuit, in order to reduce the temptation of match fixing.
Topics: tennis, gambling, australian-open, melbourne-3000
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James Packer rejoins the board of his casino giant Crown Resorts after a profit slump and the arrest of 18 Crown employees in China.
Topics: gambling, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedA Queensland man is charged with match fixing at a tennis tournament in eastern Victoria, as police continue to target alleged corruption in sport.
Topics: tennis, sport, australian-open, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, gambling, traralgon-3844, melbourne-3000
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You've probably heard you are far more likely to die driving to buy your ticket than you are to actually win first division in the lotto. If winning is very unlikely, why is playing the lotto so popular?
Topics: gambling, psychology, australia
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Billionaire James Packer's Crown Resorts announces it will scrap its Alon project in Las Vegas and sell off a major stake in its Macau casino business amid a major crackdown on gambling and corruption in China.
Topics: company-news, gambling, business-economics-and-finance, multinationals, regional-development, markets, australia, china, united-states
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A Sydney factory worker who contributed to a workplace Powerball syndicate for years, but was left out on the day it won $40 million, fails in his legal claim for a cut of the prize.
Topics: courts-and-trials, gambling, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, liverpool-2170, sydney-2000, nsw
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Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy, who left Parliament in September, has gone to work for the gambling industry as head of a new body, Responsible Wagering Australia.
Topics: gambling, alcohol, alcohol-education, government-and-politics, health
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A bill to lift a ban on casinos passes through the lower house of the Japanese Parliament bringing the country one step closer towards legalising casinos.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, gambling, community-and-society, japan, asia
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The Nick Xenophon Team says the Government's proposed laws to crack down on betting during sporting events could pave the way for more bets inside licensed venues.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government reaches an in-principle agreement with state and territory ministers to put protective measures in place for the booming online gambling industry.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedStaff at Sydney's Star Casino are just as likely to report assaults now, as they were before the Baird Government's lockout laws were introduced two years ago, a study finds.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, gambling, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is formally notified of the arrests of three Australian Crown employees who were detained last month on suspicion of violating strict Chinese gambling regulations.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, business-economics-and-finance, international-law, china, australia
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One of 18 Crown Resorts staff arrested in China in October for suspected "gambling crimes" has been released from detention, according to media reports.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, gambling, business-economics-and-finance, international-law, china, australia
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Flinders University warns its world-renowned gambling research centre could be wound up when a State Government therapy contract is handed over to a private provider.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedIndependent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich says the Star Casino should not be exempt from Sydney's lockout laws, after a leaked report suggests the venue has allegedly been under-reporting violent incidents.
Topics: government-and-politics, lifestyle-and-leisure, alcohol, assault, gambling, kings-cross-2011, pyrmont-2009, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFor professional gambler Peter Lawrence, Melbourne Cup day is the culmination of a year's hard work, very little of which actually takes place at the races.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, gambling, community-and-society, byron-bay-2481, flemington-3031, vic
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Australia's thoroughbred community remembers past Melbourne Cup winners laid to rest in the Hunter Valley.
Topics: horse-racing, community-and-society, gambling, human-interest, animals, history, singleton-2330, scone-2337, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThere were 111 assaults at Sydney's Star Casino between March and August this year, and less than a third of them were reported to police, figures leaked to ABC reveal.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, gambling, state-parliament, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, pyrmont-2009, nsw, australia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFigures contained in an internal State Government review of violence at Sydney's Star Casino show the number of serious incidents are more than three times higher than official crime statistics.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, gambling, state-parliament, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, pyrmont-2009, nsw, australia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe Statewide Gambling Therapy Service in Adelaide, which provides case studies to Flinders University, will be wound up after the South Australian Government awarded its funding to a private provider through a tendering process.
Topics: gambling, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa