Gaming & wagering
‘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.
- by Michael McGowan
Latest
‘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.
- by Harriet Alexander
Analysis
Gambling
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.
- by Alexandra Smith
Updated
Poker machines
‘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.
- by Harriet Alexander and Max Maddison
Editorial
Poker machines
A critical NSW government report is being kept from you. Why?
The Herald has campaigned for poker machine reform for the past two years, and we have no intention of backing off.
- The Herald's View
The surprise twist in new cashless gaming system
Gamblers could still use cash and there would be no binding limit to the amount a poker machine player could spend under a draft proposal by the gambling reform panel.
- by Harriet Alexander and Alexandra Smith
What researchers found when they interviewed 204 pokies players at a Sydney club
The expert panel on cashless gaming is bound by confidentiality agreements not to discuss its recommendations. But a study released by one panel member gives an insight into its deliberations.
- by Harriet Alexander
Exclusive
Gambling
Cashless gaming trial set up to fail, former participant says
With a trial into mandatory cashless gaming plagued by problems, the NSW government has begun laying the groundwork to walk away from the policy.
- by Max Maddison and Harriet Alexander
Board members secretly updated travel policy for free holiday to Vegas
The members of an upper north shore club unwittingly shouted the partners of their board directors a free overseas holiday – and then paid fringe benefits tax for the pleasure.
- by Harriet Alexander
Can former AFL boss Gillon McLachlan turn around Tabcorp’s fortunes?
It will take more than winning Everest, the world’s richest horse race, to revive Tabcorp’s fortunes. The gambling giant needs some wins off the track.
- by Colin Kruger
‘Problematic’ gambling company tax breaks on Chalmers’ radar
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has indicated the government will tighten its focus on gambling companies’ use of R&D tax credits, which can total tens of millions.
- by Millie Muroi
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