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Sportsbet faces a multi-million dollar class action over in game betting.

Live odds TV adverts cut before start of NRL and AFL seasons

The segments are often presented by former players who spruik multi bets, for which the odds of winning are much slimmer.

  • Paul Sakkal

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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
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AFL backs grand final umpire’s role with Sportsbet horse racing show

Anti-gambling crusader Reverend Tim Costello believes it’s highly inappropriate for an AFL field umpire to be on the payroll of a major betting company as a horse racing analyst.

  • Scott Spits
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
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
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleges former CEO Matt Bekier breached his duties under article 180 of the Corporations Act.

Casino boss accused of telling board NAB ‘supported’ money flows from overseas gamblers

Former Star boss Matt Bekier is alleged to have claimed NAB “tacitly supported” funds from Chinese gamblers passing through its systems.

  • Anne Hyland
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‘A young guy went too far, went rogue’: Sports betting agency faces closure over racy ad campaign

The online bookie ran promotions showing NRL star Valentine Holmes with a bag of white powder and featuring pornographic imagery and slogans.

  • Chris Barrett and Eryk Bagshaw
Xie Xiongming, far left, next to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at an event promoting Liberal candidate Scott Yung, far right.

Fresh image shows CCP-linked high roller shoulder-to-shoulder with Dutton

Xie Xiongming’s foundation had its charity status revoked by the regulator for failing to disclose its financials, while a spokesman for Dutton said he didn’t know Xie.

  • David Crowe and Nick McKenzie
Xiongming Xie (far right) was arrested in July. He is a former Crown Casino high-roller agent and former deputy to Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo (left).

CCP-linked casino high roller attends events with Peter Dutton, MPs

Xie Xiongming is a key associate of controversial billionaire Huang Xiangmo, who was banned from Australia on national security grounds.

  • David Crowe and Nick McKenzie
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

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