Oceania News - Page 44

International News Brief: Unitab Ltd. may increase its AUD$2 billion bid for Tab Ltd., topping Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.'s offer.

International News Brief: Australia’s gambling addicts are being bombarded by ‘pop-up’ ads for online casinos while using the Gamblers Anonymous website.

International News Brief: Victoria's dominance of the multibillion-dollar gambling industry looks likely to be consolidated later this year with the AUD$2 billion-plus float of pokie machine and lottery giant Tattersalls.

International News Brief: Australia’s youth gambling will be targeted in a new bid to stop people becoming betting addicts in later life, the government said today.

International News Brief: Sky City Entertainment says it had conditionally bought Aspinall's 41 per cent stake in the Christchurch Casino.

News Brief: Accused drug kingpin Carl Williams and accused murderer Mick Gatto have been banned from Melbourne's Crown casino.

International News Brief: The Bracks Government rejected proposals to give a new gambling watchdog independent powers following a backlash from the gaming industry.

International News Brief: Six months after talks kicked off between SkyCity Entertainment and Aspinall, the Christchurch Casino's 41 percent shareholder, there appears to be no sign of a deal.

International News Brief: In Australia, a children’s computer game given away in packets of Nutri-Grain has been found to be linked to a US-based internet casino.

International News Brief: The New Zealand government's proposed problem gambling strategy has the potential to make New Zealand a world leader in addressing gambling harm, according to the Health Minister.

International News Brief: A Melbourne payroll officer who stole more than AUD$2.4 million to fuel a gambling addiction will spend at least two years in jail.

International News Brief: A Melbourne court has been told an accountant who stole more than AUD$2 million from his employer is prepared to relinquish all his assets to pay the money back.

News Brief: A gambling addict who ripped off more than AUD$120,000 from financial institutions was yesterday jailed for at least a year.

News Brief: Auckland City has received 112 submissions on its draft gambling venue policy that limits the number of electronic gambling machines.

International News Brief: The Auckland City Alliance Party is calling for the city council to begin decreasing the number of pokie venues in the city by refusing all new pokie venue licenses.

International News Brief: An international punter who gambled AUD$1 million recouped his stake and more than half that again yesterday when Lonhro won his final Melbourne race in the 2,000-metre Australian Cup at Flemington.

International News Brief: Auditing of high-roller accounts at Crown Casino was drastically downgraded more than three years ago, according to Office of Gaming Regulation reports.

International News Brief: Welfare groups have called on South Australian Premier Mike Rann to rethink his new Cabinet line-up, citing a conflict of interest in the new roles the Gambling and Racing Minister.

International News Brief: TAB has slammed claims by British betting exchange Betfair that it plans to set up a competing exchange in the Australian market.

International News Brief: Pacific Island church ministers are being accused of telling their congregations to beat gambling habits, while holding gambling nights to raise funds for their parishes.