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A trial of cashless pokies in Victorian pubs and clubs has been rejected by reform advocates.

Gambling reformers lash out at pokies trial over missing loss limits

Anti-pokies campaigners have dumped their support for a trial of carded-play technology after the government ditched its commitment to include mandatory loss limits.

  • Chip Le Grand

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Gareth Wyatt has seen gambling show up as a factor in homelessness.

Gareth’s podcast experiment helped change lives, but his success will be short-lived

Gambling counselling services, a trade-off for increased machines at a suburban pub, tapped into a vast unmet need. But their funding is about to expire, while the poker machines remain.

  • Harriet Alexander
The RSL is open to selling off its pokies venues.

RSL open to putting pokies in the sale starter’s gate

Melbourne’s big racing bodies could add the RSL’s pokies to their stable.

  • Madeleine Heffernan and Kishor Napier-Raman
Star’s Queen’s Wharf Casino in Brisbane.

Star seals deal to sell Queen’s Wharf casino to HK partners

The gaming giant told the sharemarket it had rescued a deal to sell its Brisbane casino to its Asia partners.

  • Clancy Yeates and Colin Kruger
Mounties faces a multimillion penalty if the money laundering allegations are proven.

Ten suspicious gamblers punted $140m at a Sydney club. No one allegedly noticed

Mounties’ customers wagered $4 billion over a four-year period. But at least $140 million of those bets were placed by customers who should have been flagged as suspicious.

  • Harriet Alexander
AUSTRAC identified specific instances where Mounties allegedly failed to monitor individuals that presented a money laundering risk.

How Sydney’s dirty money moved from casinos into suburban clubs

The chief executive of AUSTRAC is concerned that the crackdown on casinos has displaced illicit activity into pubs and clubs.

  • Harriet Alexander and Max Maddison
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Western United player Riku Danzaki (left) arrives at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to face allegations of deliberately receiving yellow cards in a match.

Two Melbourne-based soccer players front court over match-fixing allegations

An A-League midfielder is accused of deliberately receiving yellow cards to manipulate the outcome of online bets as part of an elaborate fraud scheme.

  • Melissa Cunningham
The Star Entertainment has provided an update to its discussions with its joint venture partner.

Star faces $36.5m blow if Queen’s Wharf deal flops

The major gaming operator says its negotiations with Hong Kong investors to sell its stake in the glitzy Brisbane precinct has hit a standstill, revealing an extension to the termination notice.

  • James Hall
Crown is lobbying the government to have cashless poker machines at its Sydney casino.

Crown’s secret lobbying operation to get poker machines at Barangaroo

Crown is currently not permitted to operate poker machines at its Sydney casino under its licence with the NSW government.

  • Harriet Alexander
Revenue declines at Star’s Gold Coast property also partly reflected seasonal issues.

The $400 million sting that could snuff out Star for good

After enjoying a moment of calm, the walls are closing in again for the casino operator as the prospect of a hefty fine threatens the future of its Queensland and NSW casinos.

  • Elizabeth Knight