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Daumier, ridden by Mark Zahra, edges out his rivals in Saturday’s Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.

A 13-year-old played the pokies. Melbourne Racing Club’s new-look leadership has to conduct a review

The gambling commission has turned a spotlight on the MRC’s pokies venues after it was revealed the under-age teen played on their machines.

  • Danny Russell

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Reforms to pokies have been delayed in Victoria.

Face scanning, phone accounts on cards for pokies but gambling reform delays frustrate advocates

Frustrated Labor MPs and anti-gambling advocates say the Allan government’s long-awaited harm-reduction reforms are being held back by changing plans.

  • Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
Treasurer Daniel Mookey.

The Minns government cries poor while squibbing reform that could raise hundreds of millions

Daniel Mookhey is a good treasurer. But on poker machine tax reform he has revealed himself to be disappointingly weak 

Punters will soon be forced to register themselves if they want to play the pokies in Victoria.

NSW Labor will not change laws for Crown Resort’s Sydney casino

Premier Chris Minns has made his position clear on a push for 500 pokies to be added to Sydney’s Crown casino.

  • Alexandra Smith and Harriet Alexander
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
The new Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Centre aims to revolutionise treatment options for people like Adele Taylor.

It took six years to diagnose Adele with endometriosis. A $50m donation aims to end the wait

Adele Taylor’s abdomen is a pin cushion of surgery scars. A world-first institute in Sydney is moving away from this one-size-fits-all treatment for endometriosis.

  • Kate Aubusson
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Bally’s chairman Soo Kim has big plans for Star.

How Star’s new owners plan a major overhaul

Think of the new Star Entertainment properties as a cross between what they are today and ones that will more closely resemble monster-sized RSLs.

  • Elizabeth Knight
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey fronted budget estimates on Wednesday.

The key election promise NSW Labor has walked away from

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey confirmed Labor would not follow through on its pre-election commitment to remove 9500 poker machines from circulation.

  • Michael McGowan
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
More than $3.5 billion was spent on poker machines in Queensland hotels and clubs in 2024.

‘Extraordinary’: More than $3.5 billion slotted into Qld poker machines

“Gambling is taking an incredible toll on the community and we are sleep-walking,” one national campaigner said of the latest numbers from Queensland.

  • Josh Bavas

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