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    The concerns of Star’s special manager into its operations and executive team are now public.

    Star was warned of lack of executive experience before NSW inquiry

    A report from special manager Nick Weeks blames regulatory and financial pressure as reasons for a lack of good quality candidates on Star’s board.

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    • Zoe Samios

    This Month

    Lightning Link Casino looks and sounds like Aristocrat’s poker machines, a lawsuit alleges.

    Class action claims Aristocrat breaking gambling laws

    Lightning Link, Heart of Vegas and other social casino games are a lucrative and growing business. But some users allege the company is being misleading.

    • Zoe Samios and Primrose Riordan
    El Primo Sanchez is a popular bar in an Art Deco historic pub in Sydney’s Paddington.

    Jon Adgemis’ Paddington pub housing El Primo Sanchez up for sale

    The move follows a complex refinancing effort of Mr Adgemis’ Public Hospitality empire involving Deutsche Bank, Muzinich and Archibald Capital’s Ben Madsen.

    • Primrose Riordan
    Steve McCann, new CEO of Star Entertainment Group.

    Steve McCann takes his biggest punt with embattled casino giant Star

    As far as turnarounds go, this is bigger than Boral, Bapcor and Seven West Media combined. “I had room for one more,” he says when asked why he took the job.

    • Anthony Macdonald
    Steve McCann, chief executive of Star Entertainment, wants more time to change things.

    Gaming no longer ‘glorious part of the business’: Star boss

    Steve McCann says the company’s casino business might never return to the boom times and its future is likely to lie in its restaurants and hotels.

    • Anthony Macdonald and Zoe Samios
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    Online gambling accounts should display the amount of money that punters have won or lost to better inform problem gamblers, a technology entrepreneur has proposed.

    Betting apps should let gamblers know ‘if they’re up or down’

    Online gambling accounts should display the amount of money that punters have won or lost to better inform problem gamblers, a technology entrepreneur has proposed.

    • John Kehoe
    Perth’s Laurence Escalante who built Virtual Gaming Worlds into a multibillion-dollar business.

    Perth billionaire Escalante battles copycats and hostile letters in US

    The businessman created a lucrative gambling market stateside from scratch. Now competition and regulation may force the company to change tack.

    • Primrose Riordan

    June

    Billionaire Bruce Mathieson has passed probity in NSW and can own more than 10 per cent of Star.

    Casino regulators clear way for Bruce Mathieson to buy up more of Star

    The decision by NSW and Queensland authorities means the billionaire can increase his stake in the gaming operator from the 9.7 per cent he currently holds.

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    • Zoe Samios
    Star Entertainment board leader Anne Ward.

    Star casino chair lets loose on LinkedIn

    Star Entertainment is celebrating its award-winning staff inclusion. What would the leader of the board think about it?

    • Mark Di Stefano

    Former Lendlease boss Steve McCann takes top job at Star Entertainment

    The businessman also ran the casino group’s rival, Crown Resorts, before it was sold to Blackstone. He will receive a $2.5 million sign-on bonus.

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    • Zoe Samios
    Gillon McLachlan cut the AFL’s first wagering deal with Tabcorp in 2006. Last week, he was named the new CEO of Tabcorp.

    How the AFL got hooked on harmful gambling

    The insidious link between professional sport and betting was exposed by Gillon McLachlan’s appointment as chief executive of Tabcorp.

    • John Kehoe
    Steve McCann left Crown Resorts in better shape than he found it. Now he is up for a new challenge.

    Star pays through the nose for a bit of McCann magic

    The gaming group’s new boss held all the cards in negotiating his arrival. Now shareholders need him to negotiate as effectively on their behalf.

    • Anthony Macdonald
    Star’s Gold Coast precinct isn’t making a lot of money from its premium gaming floor.

    High-roller exodus rolls on at struggling Star casinos

    Star says its main gaming floors are attracting customers, but not enough to offset dramatic declines from its premium gaming rooms.

    • Zoe Samios
    Gillon McLachlan has been appointed boss of Tabcorp.

    Market finds solace in McLachlan’s experience growing AFL bets

    But others, like David Pocock, are increasingly unhappy about the “nexus” between the powerhouse football code and major wagering companies like Tabcorp.

    • Zoe Samios
    Gill McLachlan ran the AFL until last year. He was appointed Tabcorp’s chief executive on Monday.

    Former AFL boss Gillon McLachlan takes on ‘legacy brand’ Tabcorp

    He arrives at the company in the midst of a painful transformation and after the departure of Adam Rytenskild, who was being investigated for offensive language.

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    • Zoe Samios
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    Former AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan will step into a big new role.

    Gillon McLachlan’s new Tabcorp job is a risky bet for both sides

    The former AFL boss steps into a business that feels like it’s in a perpetual turnaround. He could end up looking like a hero, but the odds are not on his side.

    • James Thomson
    Former AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan is working as a senior advisor for Blackstone.

    Private equity giant Blackstone enlists former AFL boss Gill McLachlan

    The businessman stepped down as chief executive of the AFL at the end of last year. He’s been linked to a range of roles across sport and wagering.

    • Zoe Samios
    PwC manager Jim Christodouleas.

    PwC banking expert questions truth of October 7 Hamas massacre

    Melbourne-based Jim Christodouleas cast doubt on reports of sexual violence at the Supernova music festival, prompting anger in the Jewish community.

    • Aaron Patrick
    Aristocrat chief executive Trevor Croker is thinking about doing something unlike the poker machines group: sell an asset.

    Why pokies giant Aristocrat is doing a U-turn on computer games

    Aristocrat Leisure went big into developing non-gambling computer games less than a decade ago. Now it is considering an exit, in full.

    • Anthony Macdonald
    Laurence Escalante is the founder of Virtual Gaming Worlds.

    Laurence Escalante’s Virtual Gaming Worlds delivers monster dividend

    The record payout for shareholders comes despite increasing legal scrutiny of the company’s business and its popular Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots.

    • Primrose Riordan