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Trial of Pokies with headphones canceled in ACT

The latest step in pokies machines are the machines with headphones. These types of machines will not be introduced in Cambera after the passing of legislation in the ACT Legislative Assembly. This is not the only state in which this kind of legislation has passed. Shane Rattenbury, Greens MLA, says that this is a small but […]

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Current year can be the best for pokies players

This is a new year for all of us! A chance for all of us to make a brand new start. This new start can happen also in the online gaming and gambling industry. Without any doubt 2013 will be the best year for the online pokies machines. The 2 major reasons are simple: The […]

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Rattenbury seeks to ban new ‘immersive’ pokies

A new restriction is going to be  implemented by the ACT. It will be asked from the ACT to ban the poker machines with headphones which are designed to keep the players in the game for longer time than the normal pokies machines. This will be discussed in the Legislative Assembly soon. Shane Rattenbury (Greens MLA) is […]

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Pokies policy to change in Victoria

The last decade there was a restriction for pubs and clubs to advertise and display signs about Pokies. The state Government in Victoria have already decide that from now on, this restriction is no longer valid. This ban on pokies signage was decided by the Bracks government back in 2025. This was one of the […]

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Huge Jackpot won by player!

It is generally known that online games can give huge amounts of money  to gamblers. Players usually make good money from their online accounts but there are also some times that some people really hit the big jack pot! People can some times win millions especially when they don’t expect it. Last week a  gambler […]

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Less money spent on pokies this year

The year 2025 it was not as good as 2025 for pokies. National pokies spend, dropped to $10.2 billion from $11.2 billion in 2025. This is a general phenomenon for all forms of gambling. The only sector of gambling that it has a rise it was the online sports betting and probably this was due […]

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Online Casinos are surging!

It is obvious that during the last years the internet gaming and gambling market has shown a very big growth. In a global base, internet gaming and gambling has become the #1 activity on the net and this fact can’t be skipped by the big Casinos. The same thing happens to Australia where online gambling […]

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Hotel employee steals millions to play pokies

We have been always saying that gambling can lead us to dangerous paths. Wendy Hope Jobson looked like an ordinary woman, a mother of two children that worked hard to live a good life with her family. But the reality wasn’t so simple. Jobson worked in the Koroneos Group, which owns the Norlane, Waurn Ponds and […]

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Gambling is an issue in Australia

Gambling is an obsession and recent studies are proving it. For example Victorians are losing about $15 millions every day. Only in Crown Casino players have lost around $1,5 billion last year ! Studies have shown that these amounts were never bigger and this is pretty terrifying. The Herald Sun newspaper found that over 250 gamblers ask […]

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Smoking Allowed in Sydney’s Star Casino

A big decision has been taken for the Australian casinos and probably for the Australian economy. Players in High roller rooms can continue smoking in Sydney’s Star Casino and all the other similar companies in the country. Australia tries to establish new tough smoking laws. The first law is about ads and displays. From now […]

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