Gaming & wagering
'Clear breach' - watchdogs to probe Woolworths' pokies pubs
Supermarket giant Woolworths' vast network of pokies-owning pubs faces new state and federal investigations.
- by Nick O'Malley & Nick Toscano
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Crown Resorts
Crown Resorts seals $150m sale of stake in CrownBet
James Packer's Crown Resorts has sold its majority stake in prominent Australian sports-betting site CrownBet after sealing a $150 million deal.
- by Nick Toscano
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'Do whatever you have to': Woolworths staff rewarded for spying on pokie players
Staff in pubs owned by Woolworths are secretly recording personal information about gamblers to encourage them to stay in the venues longer.
- by Nick O'Malley
Tom Waterhouse
William Hill slashes value of Tom Waterhouse-led Australian business
Online betting volumes are sinking at Tom Waterhouse's troubled gambling company, William Hill Australia, due to laws banning bookies from offering credit.
- by Nick Toscano
Woolworths
The quirk giving Woolworths a $30m tax break on poker machine takings
"In many ways, it’s more accurate to call Woolworths a gambling company than ‘fresh food people’," a Greens MP has said.
- by Nick O'Malley & Nigel Gladstone
Crown Resorts
Betfair warns of 'significant threat' if punters pushed offshore
The head of Australia's only online betting exchange has warned of a "significant threat" to the integrity of racing and sports.
- by Nick Toscano
Crown Resorts
Crown upbeat on high-rise projects in Melbourne and Sydney
Crown Resorts is pressing ahead with its two major development projects, saying apartment sales in its high-end Sydney tower are "going well".
- by Nick Toscano
Crown Resorts
High-roller revenue rockets at Crown's Melbourne casino
Revenue from foreign high-roller gamblers has rocketed nearly 40 per cent at billionaire James Packer's flagship casino, Crown Melbourne.
- by Nick Toscano
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The Star Entertainment Group
Star's losing streak: Wealthy high-roller gamblers hurt casino profits
The casino giant's profits have slumped, partly due to a an "abnormally low" house win rate against foreign high-roller gamblers.
- by Nick Toscano
Gaming & wagering
Tigers chief wants a club with higher purpose
Brendon Gale aims to keep reducing his club's reliance on pokies.
- by Daniel Cherny
Crown Resorts
James Packer won't be charged for his role in Netanyahu scandal
Australian casino billionaire James Packer will not face charges over his role in the scandal engulfing Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
- by Nick Toscano & Colin Kruger