Gambling
This man rigged a pokie to bleep when players lost. Here’s what happened
There are more poker machines than ATMs in Australia, and they cost punters more than $13 billion annually.
- Courtney Kruk
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Free fuel hero or regulatory rebel? The chequered past of the man behind the Good Friday gridlock
Billy Beasley is unrepentant, promising to take his free petrol stunt interstate, but already his RS Rewards business has been banned in NSW for engaging in illegal gaming activity.
- Sarah Danckert
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- Federal
‘Dodgy lotteries’ facing ban as Albanese moves to shut down new betting front
After teal MPs assailed the government for failing to put a blanket ban on wagering advertising, Anika Wells dismissed the group of independents as irrelevant.
- Paul Sakkal
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- Sports betting
Did Anthony Albanese kill Peter V’landys’ chances of a $4 billion deal?
The prime minister finally introduced long-awaited gambling advertising reforms on Thursday. The big footy codes and media companies will not be happy.
- Kishor Napier-Raman
NRL, AFL brace for impact of gambling advertising reforms
Major codes and clubs face the potential of heavy financial fallout from new restrictions on gambling advertising unveiled by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- Chris Barrett, Dan Walsh and Danny Russell
TV companies to demand Labor’s help filling $90m gambling hole
The prime minister revealed that the government would cap the number of TV ads for betting agencies to a maximum of three per hour between 6am and 8.30pm.
- John Buckley and Kishor Napier-Raman
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- Anthony Albanese
Albanese’s long-delayed gambling ad crackdown to tackle sports broadcasts
The prime minister has been under pressure from the opposition, independents and others to act on an influential report by late Labor MP Peta Murphy.
- Paul Sakkal
The $36 million loss behind greyhound racing in WA
A new cost-benefit analysis scrutinising the economics behind WA’s greyhound racing industry has been released as a standing committee begins this week.
- Holly Thompson
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- Poker machines
Rare bright spot in an area dogged by lobbying and political backflips
An exemption that allowed hundreds of pubs and clubs to extend gaming between 4am and 10am has been clawed back by the Minns government.
- Bevan Shields
A bar full of young things staring at TV screens. But they’re not watching football
It’s the pop-up everyone in the US capital is talking about. Prediction markets are all the rage in America – just don’t ask them if they’re promoting gambling.
- Michael Koziol