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Latrell Mitchell cenebrates with his Rabbitohs teammates at Accor at a recent game.

‘Can’t afford it’: Rabbitohs told to stay put at home stadium

The NSW government says it could cost up to $14 million a year to move the South Sydney Rabbitohs’ home games to Allianz Stadium from Accor.

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Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Kurz resigned after he was accused of corruption in a scandal that has now stretched to ASX-listed Ainsworth.

Ainsworth board says no need to disclose criminal probe into CEO

The pokies giant said on Monday it had known about the overseas criminal investigation since 2019, but the board determined it did not need to inform the ASX.

South East Melbourne Phoenix majority owner Romie Chaudhari and tennis star Nick Kyrgios, who is part of the team’s ownership group. 

Kyrgios-backed basketball team joins NBL legal fight

The South East Melbourne Phoenix has joined a case against billionaire NBL owner Larry Kestelman over transparency concerns.

Crown Sydney features 349 guest rooms. It has been inundated with complaints about cleaning standards.

Ripped sheets, urine stains, no towels: Crown guests slam dirty rooms

Travel reviews on booking websites have complained about the firm’s cleaning standards for Sydney rooms that cost nearly $700 a night.

Crown and Star are asking the government to defer plans to restrict cash limits to $1000 per customer.

Star, Crown push NSW government to delay limits on cash use in casinos

While the state has already rejected a request from the Blackstone-owned Crown for poker machines in Sydney, the two companies are hoping for other reprieves.

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Seven’s free-to-air AFL broadcast could soon end around South Australia’s Riverlands and Mt Gambier and NSW’s Griffith region.

Regional SA, NSW towns to lose free-to-air AFL and cricket

Regional broadcaster WIN says it will cut off channels Seven, 7mate and 7two around Mount Gambier and Griffith as commercial negotiations stall.

AFL’s new 2IC, Sydney Swans CEO Tom Harley, with another AFL recruit Brisbane Lions CEO Greg Swann (left) and AFL CEO Andrew Dillon (right).

How AFL boss Dillon recruited his dream team to respark the season

AFL CEO Andrew Dillon has lured Tom Harley away from the Sydney Swans and Greg Swann from the Brisbane Lions as he tries to turn around a sputtering start to his tenure.

Pokies giant leaves investors in dark about CEO’s criminal probe

For years, the chief executive of Ainsworth Game Technology has been under criminal investigation in Austria. The ASX-listed company hasn’t told shareholders.

“Lack of atmosphere”: The Rabbitohs play the Roosters at Accor Stadium last year.

‘No atmosphere’: Rabbitohs up the ante on move to Roosters’ home turf

In a letter sent to Premier Chris Minns, the NRL’s South Sydney Rabbitohs claimed it could make more money playing matches at Allianz.

Mike Baird and Todd Greenberg.

Mike Baird and Todd Greenberg could turn cricket into a money machine

Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird and his new CEO Todd Greenberg have a big decision to make about the BBL. What they do could reshape cricket forever.

Star is pleading with the court for a smaller fine.

Star Entertainment says $100m is all it has for AUSTRAC penalty

The financial crime watchdog says the court should disregard casino operator’s threat that it would collapse under the weight of a $400 million fine.

Tabcorp wants to spend less on bankrolling its retail locations across pubs and clubs.

V’landys backs Tabcorp’s Gil McLachlan in pub wagering stand-off

The wagering giant plan to scrap commissions for pubs and clubs has irked the powerful hotels’ lobby. The racing industry sees things differently.

Andrew Demetriou is launching Sanctum inside Pullman Melbourne on the Park in August.

Former AFL boss launches Melbourne’s newest private club

Andrew Demetriou has had a vision for this members’ club since leaving the AFL in 2014. For $4500 a year you can experience it too.

Star’s Sydney casino is the company’s flagship, and where most of the money-laundering risks that caused the company significant regulatory issues occured.

High-risk junkets accounted for 14pc of Star’s revenues for five years

Documents filed with the Federal Court show the casino giant admitting high-roller trips which raised money-laundering issues were a huge part of its business.

Nick Timmings, a Winter Olympian Skeleton athlete and Matt Allen, an Australian Olympic Committee board member and philanthropist at Athletes Authority in Artarmon.

How to sponsor an Olympic athlete (and get a tax break)

A new scheme encourages wealthy people to give money directly to athletes in lesser-known sports such as skeleton (it’s a bobsled) by offering tax deductions.

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The local boss of Ladbrokes’ owner Entain will leave the business.

Entain boss Dean Shannon to depart ahead of AUSTRAC remediation

The chief executive who led the company since 2019 will step down upon the completion of a new anti-money-laundering program.

Pointsbet CEO Sam Swanell plans to sell the business to Japanese entertainment company Mixi.

Japan’s Mixi hikes PointsBet takeover bid, valuing bookmaker at $402m

The entertainment giant’s hopes of acquiring the ASX-listed group had been complicated by a rival proposal from Matthew Tripp’s Betr, which holds 20 per cent.

Domain.com.au could be set for a rebrand if a deal with CoStar goes ahead.

CoStar considers Domain rebrand after buying Homes.com.au

The American real estate giant’s chief executive, Andy Florance, says the purchase of the domain name will give him “optionality” in the future.

Adam Zampa.

How Cricket Australia uses AI to connect with sports fans

Cricket is a sport that generates millions of data points. Cricket Australia is trying to use them to engage fans.

Laurence Escalante built Virtual Gaming Worlds into a multibillion-dollar business.

Escalante to buy out investors in his $3.2b online gambling giant

Billionaire Laurence Escalante already controls 70 per cent of Virtual Gaming Worlds, and last month told unhappy shareholders they should just sell out of the company.

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