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Matt Bekier

Star’s survival circus moves from unusual to absurd

As Star’s former boss gets grilled in the Federal Court, the casino operator is chasing an 11th-hour reprieve from financial collapse.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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The Star casino in Sydney.

ASX suspends Star over accounts failure with administration on the cards

The casino operator’s shares may never trade again after the share market operator suspended trading of the Star, which could not file its financial accounts.

  • Colin Kruger and Supratim Adhikari
Gamblers losses on poker machines in NSW hit a record high in 2024.

Gamblers now losing more than $1m an hour on NSW poker machines

The government has introduced various gambling reforms, but harm minimisation advocates say they will not make an impact.

  • Harriet Alexander
The three newest MPs to join NSW parliament all spoke out against gambling in the state.

Three MPs made their first speech this week. And they all spoke about one issue

Poker machine reforms were the unifying factor for three new MPs.

  • Nick Newling
Cashless gaming.

The election promise NSW Labor doesn’t want to talk about

A cashless gambling trial was meant to guide public policy on poker machines, but divisions are wider than ever and the government is in a pickle. What went wrong?

  • Harriet Alexander
A Dungeons & Dragons game in New Hampshire.

Change in rules from ‘races’ to ‘species’ rankles Dungeons & Dragons players

Not even the world’s biggest role-playing game, now 50 years old, is immune from the broader cultural debate about balancing inclusivity with history and tradition.

  • Marc Tracy
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NSW is losing $1 million an hour on pokies.

‘Callous exploitation’: NSW losing $1 million an hour on pokies

In one council area, more than $2 million a day was poured into poker machines during a three-month period, leaving gambling reform advocates furious.

  • Michael McGowan
Crown Melbourne chief executive Mike Volkert, right, and former Crown Resorts chief executive Ciaran Carruthers at Flemington.

‘Do we care about player safety?’ Casino boss wants mandatory pokies reform

Crown casino was subjected to strict requirements after it was found to have facilitated money-laundering. Now it wants the same rules applied to everyone.

  • Harriet Alexander
NSW Labor’s new report into pokies will stoke more division as the government works out how to tackle money laundering.

After a trial that pleased no one, NSW’s biggest gambling loser is clear

NSW Labor promised a cashless gaming trial, but it was always doomed to fail. Now it has an even bigger problem.

  • Alexandra Smith
A report into gambling reform has been panned by its own advisors.

‘Embarrassing, not credible’: Why pubs and clubs won’t back gambling scheme

The Australian Hotels Association sat on the advisory panel for gambling reform – but it has strongly rejected its final recommendations for account-based gaming.

  • Harriet Alexander and Max Maddison

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