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888poker Leaves Australian Market, Online Poker Under Threat in Oz
888poker has pulled out of the Australian market in anticipation of an imminent change in the country’s gambling laws. An amendment to the 2001 Interactive Gambling Act will shortly clarify that only...
Australian Open Ditches William Hill Ads Over Betting Backlash
The Australian Open tennis championship will not feature courtside advertising for British bookmaker William Hill when it gets underway in Melbourne next month. The prominence of William Hill’s billboard branding came in...
Australian Sports Commission Calls for National Lottery to Fund Olympic Team
Australian Sports Commission Chairman John Wylie wants a national lottery created in order to support the country's Olympic team. Fresh off a disappointing performance in Rio where Australia placed eighth overall on...
Chinese Charge Three Australian Crown Resorts Employees with “Gambling Crimes”
Three Australian Crown Resorts staff members are looking at the possibility of spending the holidays behind bars in China. In mid-October, the Aussie citizens were detained, along with 15 others in China,...
PokerStars Likely to Pull Out of Australia, Says Amaya, But India Beckons
PokerStars may withdraw its services from Australia in the wake of a new law that will transform the country from a gray to a black market, Amaya CFO Daniel Sebag said this...
Australian Online Gambling Amendment Could Reverberate in New Jersey
Australia has introduced the long-awaited amendment to its 2001 Interactive Gambling Act, designed to make life tougher for offshore online gambling companies targeting the country, and it could have repercussions as far...
Australia Shuts Down Norfolk Island Gaming Association
The Australian government is set to close down the Norfolk Island Gaming Association (NIGA) on the recommendations of a report that concluded its framework was “largely ineffective” and its authority as a...
Australian Casinos Blooming, Thanks to Influx of Asian Tourists
Australian casinos have a hot hand, and it's all thanks to their Asian neighbors. The continent is gladly welcoming Chinese and other Asian visitors, as political leaders in nearby nations continue to...
James Packer’s Crown Resorts Splitting Australian Assets From International Holdings
Crown Resorts is taking a page out of the Caesars Entertainment Corporation playbook and says it will split its company into two separate units in an effort to lessen the burden from...
Draftstars Wants to Grab Australian DFS Audience, Hoping to Piggyback on Aussies’ Love of Sports Betting
Australian daily fantasy sports site Draftstars, a joint venture between online bookmaker CrownBet and sports channel conglomerate Fox Sports, recently announced that the new platform is undergoing a promotional marketing drive to...