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Pokie News Castlemaine has been involved in quite a battle against pokies recently and now a new development has provided the community with some solid support in its effort to stamp out pokies and the problem gambling it causes. Two weeks ago the Castlemaine community stood up and spoke out against the installation of 65 gaming machines ...

Pokie News Echo Entertainment may possess the only casino licence in Sydney, where signature casino The Star operates, but Crown’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Rowen Craigie is insistent that this is not enough and it would be more beneficial to Australia’s economy if more casinos per capital city were supported, as ...

Pokie News The push for pokies reform has been dealt a serious blow in the ACT as a proposed trial for pre-commitment technology has fallen through and it now looks highly unlikely that it will happen. On Thursday clubs in Canberra took part in a vote on the issue but the majority opted not to participate in such a trial until after the ...

Pokie News Tatts Group has experienced a drop in profits over the last six months leading up to August 31, although the results are still very much positive. With a net profit of $128.3 million, this is however 23.1% less than the previous period’s net profit of $166.9 million. The drop is easy to explain and can be attributed to the ...

Pokie News Normally it is the punters who lose their money to pokies but on this occasion it is the operators themselves who are losing out for a change. Recently, gamblers in Victoria have not even had the chance to bet their money away due to glitches in the pokies machines themselves, which rendered them unplayable and as a result, the ...

Pokie News An appeal from the community has proven successful against the installation of 65 new gaming machines in Castlemaine. The new machines have been touted for some time, prompting the Mount Alexander Council and community group Enough Pokies in Castlemaine, or EPIC, to stand up and appeal against them, a move that the Victorian ...

Pokie News Crown casino bouncer Matthew Lawson, 27, has already faced charges once over the death of a patron, but after being cleared by a Supreme Court Jury he is now facing new charges after breaking a patron’s wrist, although other members of the casino security staff speak very highly of him in his defence. Back in August last ...

Pokie News It seems as though the State Government will take no risks when it comes to the possibility of corrupting young minds. A type of gaming known as “soft gambling” has proven to be cause for concern as it encourages younger players to develop gambling habits at an early age, which could escalate into something more serious ...

Pokie News Crown chairman James Packer’s multimillion dollar hotel venture at Barangaroo has provoked a mixed response with about as much criticism as one would expect but whatever your opinion on the development, there is one good thing coming out of it and that is the number of job vacancies that will open up. This is an area that ...

Pokie News The pokies ban imposed on venues owned by the council in Casey is due to be lifted. However it will not take effect for long as this is only a temporary measure that will give the Tooradin & District Sports Club just enough time to install four new machines. Once the new pokies are in place, the ban will be back. A council ...