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Pokie News Echo may have tried to come up with a Sydney solution that suits both them and Crown but as its proposal is considered, the head of the deciding panel has made it clear that either the proposed Crown casino or The Star’s redevelopment will be chosen but there is no way both of them can go ahead. With its proposal Echo tried ...

Pokie News After much lobbying from sports fans and Labor governments alike, the television industry body Free TV has accepted a submission to ban the advertising of live betting odds during sports broadcasts. Free TV has lodged the submission to the Independent Gambling Authority, passing it on in time for the last day of a consultation ...

Pokie News As the casino war for Sydney’s soul rages on between Crown and Echo, the latter has finally unveiled its great plan to win over the judging panel and retain the city’s sole gambling licence. While Crown’s plans are no secret and its $1 billion hotel and casino complex project has more or less been unofficially kicked into ...

Pokie News The amount of money lost to gambling in Ballarat has been steadily on the rise and recent research shows that if it carries on in this fashion, as it is most likely to do, the city’s gambling losses could total a huge $1 billion in just two years. This prediction comes from gambling researcher Professor John McDonald, who ...

Pokie News Premier Jay Weatherill has criticised the South Australian Opposition for the way he feels it is being far too casual about addressing the issue of problem gambling. According to Weatherill, the Opposition’s amendments would result in less protection for problem gamblers. The original plan was for the government to reduce the ...

Pokie News The battle of the casinos continues as Echo Entertainment has highlighted one of the drawbacks associated with accepting James Packer’s Barangaroo proposal. With so many benefits promised by Packer, the actual impact of his $1 billion project have been analysed and according to the results, as pointed out by Echo chairman ...

Pokie News It seems that the odds are stacked heavily against Echo Entertainment in the casino war against Crown. With a sexual harassment scandal, the loss of its general manager and chairman, business problems costing $30 million, poor government relations, dropping share prices and, most recently, controversy regarding John Redmond’s ...

Pokie News With so much negative publicity surrounding the matter of betting promotions during sports broadcasts, the NRL has decided not to find an official betting partner for the rest of the season as the income will not be enough to offset the complaints. Until now the ARL Commission had a lucrative deal with bookmaker Tom Waterhouse ...

Pokie News As the war between Crown and Echo over Sydney’s casino licence rages on, chairman of Echo Entertainment John O’Neill has vocalised his support of chief executive John Redmond and cited James Packer’s activity as a “cheap smear campaign”, carried out with the approaching deadline in mind. O’Neill did not explicitly ...

Pokie News Another step may be taken in the effort to protect children from sports betting, although there is some debate as to whether it is one step further than necessary. Tom Waterhouse recently came under fire for the way he was spruiking live betting odds during sports broadcasts but now the question is being raised about whether ...