Gambling
‘Extremely obvious’: How police allege A-League players were sprung in yellow card betting plot
The specialist police watching Macarthur FC games didn’t need a football expert in the room to tell them something was up. Three players have now been charged over the alleged spot-fixing operation.
- by Chris Barrett
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Pokies will close six hours a day, but gambling losses are expected to increase
Victoria’s pokies are due to close six hours a day starting later this year, but the state budget still tips annual gambling losses – and tax revenue – will rise.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
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Domestic violence
Talking isn’t working: Push for PM to tackle porn, gambling, booze to stop violent men
Criminologist Michael Salter says leaders must be prepared to take a wider view of domestic violence prevention when national cabinet convenes for an urgent meeting.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
The Star’s ex-CEO defends ‘controversial’ conduct before second inquiry
The Star’s former boss Robbie Cooke has defended his tenure at the helm of the struggling casino giant as an inquiry weighs its future.
- by Amelia McGuire
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Casinos
Bleak outlook for The Star as nemesis Crown has licence reinstated
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.
- by Alexandra Smith and Amelia McGuire
Opinion
Casinos
Financially crippled Star gets salt rubbed into its wounds
The NSW casino regulator has given Barangaroo’s Crown Sydney a gold star just as the second public inquiry into Star Entertainment’s culture enters the pointy end of proceedings.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Casinos
Crown Resorts boss flags cuts despite regulatory wins
Ciaran Carruthers has not ruled out further redundancies or changes to Crown’s operations as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hurt earnings at its casinos.
- by Amelia McGuire
The Star Gold Coast boss quits as cracks in casino culture deepen
Pubs billionaire Bruce Mathieson has increased his hold in The Star as an executive revealed Star Sydney’s safer-gambling teams were trained by reading a 15-page booklet.
- by Amelia McGuire
Opinion
Casinos
Star shows it has dud hand in bid to keep licence
A clear pattern is emerging from the Bell inquiry into Star Entertainment – that of a financially and culturally embattled company being managed by a chief executive desperately juggling too many problems.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Casino gave gamblers free cash – then reported them for fraud
When four machines malfunctioned on the gaming room floor at The Star casino and started spitting out free money, word travelled quickly.
- by Harriet Alexander
The Star accused of falsifying welfare checks as gamblers took $3.2 million from company
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.
- by Amelia McGuire