Mon, Jan 29, 11:31am by Staff Writer

The 2018 Australian Open ends with a maiden Grand Slam title for Dane Caroline Wozniacki and a historic 20th Grand Slam title for Roger Federer. Federer’s path to...

Wed, Jan 10, 9:27am by Staff Writer

128 of the world’s best male tennis players will be vying for the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, which kicks off on Monday morning. The main...

Tue, Jan 9, 10:54am by Head Editor

Just as we’ve seen in each of the last four Ashes series, the home team has saluted, with Australia closing out a commanding 4-0 series win with a huge innings and...

Tue, Jan 2, 3:57pm by Head Editor

Preview: Australia v England, Fifth Test Date and Time: Thursday, January 4, 10:30am AEDT Venue: SCG, Sydney, New South Wales TV: Channel Nine Australia and...

Mon, Jan 1, 10:19am by Staff Writer

The Big Bash League is in full swing, with most teams playing two or three matches and the final table starting to take shape. With each team playing only ten...

Wed, Dec 27, 7:49pm by Staff Writer

Manchester United lost more ground on rivals City at the top of the EPL after conceding a late equaliser against Leicester. Whilst City continued their winning...

Tue, Dec 19, 3:03pm by Head Editor

Australia are once again the holders of World Cricket’s most prize possession, the Ashes urn, after beating the old enemy in emphatic fashion at Perth’s WACA...

Wed, Dec 13, 10:27am by Head Editor

Preview: Australia v England, Third Test Date and Time: Thursday, December 14, 1:30pm AEDT Venue: WACA, Perth, Western Australia TV: Channel Nine As has been the...

Wed, Dec 6, 10:02am by Head Editor

Another thriller in Sydney saw the Socceroos defeat Honduras to seal their qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. A long and arduous qualification...

Thu, Nov 30, 8:39am by Head Editor

Preview: Australia v England, Second Test Date and Time: Saturday, December 2, 2:30pm AEDT Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia TV: Channel Nine After...

Mon, Nov 27, 3:32pm by Head Editor

The first three days of the opening Ashes Test in Brisbane were very even, but the hosts took control at the beginning of the fourth day and just 24 hours later,...

Tue, Nov 21, 12:01pm by Head Editor

Preview: Australia v England, First Test Date and Time: Thursday, November 23, 11am AEDT Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane, Queensland TV: Channel Nine The oldest...

Mon, Nov 20, 2:29pm by Head Editor

Qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Russia came to an end last week, when Peru and Australia claimed the final two places for 2018’s showpiece event, so...

Thu, Nov 16, 12:06pm by Head Editor

Australia will be heading to a fourth consecutive World Cup, largely thanks to their captain Mile Jedinak, who scored twice from the penalty spot, and was unlikely...

Tue, Nov 14, 2:25pm by Head Editor

Online bookmaker Sportsbet reported on Tuesday morning that they had received a bet of $25,175 bet on Australia at $1.41 on Australia to qualify for the World Cup...

Tue, Nov 7, 2:36pm by Staff Writer

The national body representing commercial radio broadcasters in Australia is proposing to ban advertising at certain times of the day. Commercial Radio Australia is...

Thu, Nov 2, 2:15pm by Head Editor

October was a month to celebrate for owners of Macau’s gambling houses, with the Southern China city posting a three-year revenue high in October. The national...

Wed, Nov 1, 3:35pm by Head Editor

The United Kingdom’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) minister Tracey Crouch announced on Tuesday (AEDT) that the British government would...

Thu, Oct 26, 4:04pm by Head Editor

Five years after winning more than $13.25 million at London’s Crockfords Club casino, one of the world’s top poker players – Phil Ivey – has lost a Supreme...

Wed, Oct 25, 3:04pm by Head Editor

2015 Snooker World Champion Stuart Bingham has been handed a six-month ban after he was found guilty by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association...

Fri, Oct 20, 10:04am by Staff Writer

Crown Resorts is facing investigations by federal money laundering authorities and casino regulators after allegations of tampering with poker machines and avoiding...

Wed, Oct 18, 9:51am by Staff Writer

The Western Australian government has introduced a new gambling tax which will take affect by January 2019. In its budget announced on 7 October 2017, the State...

Mon, Oct 16, 5:59pm by Head Editor

The ACT Government’s proposal to change the spin limit to $5 on Canberra Casino’s pokies has been met with criticism from Gaming Technologies Association chief...

Thu, Oct 12, 5:49pm by Head Editor

The Online bookmaker industry in both Britain and Canada could be set for a shake-up, with William Hill and The Stars Group the latest gambling giants to reportedly...

Tue, Oct 10, 11:21am by Staff Writer

The legal outlook for lottery draw wagering service LottoLand grew dimmer on October 5, when the government of New South Wales (NSW) announced its intention to ban...

Tue, Oct 3, 5:15pm by Staff Writer

In a final report published on September 28, following two years of research and public testimony, a Tasmanian parliamentary put forth mixed messages on the issue of...

Mon, Oct 2, 7:50am by Head Editor

Richmond have ended 37 years of heartache with a 48 point win over Adelaide at the MCG on Saturday. The result sees the yellow and black lift the Premiership cup for...

Thu, Sep 28, 10:38am by Staff Writer

In a letter sent to all involved parties on September 20, Justice John Middleton of the ACT Federal Court directed the Australian Competition Tribunal to reconsider...

Thu, Sep 28, 8:43am by Head Editor

In less than three weeks, exactly one year will have passed since Crown Resorts’ disastrous criminal entanglement in Macau, but financial fallout from the...

Wed, Sep 27, 11:26am by Head Editor

 The Andrews Labor Government continued its overhaul of Victoria’s pokie machine industry, limiting the punters pulling cash from debit and credit cards at pubs...

Wed, Sep 27, 7:55am by Head Editor

Preview: AFL Grand Final Adelaide Crows v Richmond Tigers Date and Time: Saturday September 30, 2:30pm AEST Venue: MCG TV: Channel 7, Fox Footy After 191 days and...

Tue, Sep 26, 6:44pm by Staff Writer

In the weeks following the end of his 10-month term in a Chinese prison, Crown Resorts executive Jason O’Connor has kept a low profile. O’Connor maintained that...

Mon, Sep 25, 11:05am by Staff Writer

In more than two months since the Senate authorised the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill of 2016, online poker has been outlawed and major operators have fled the...

Mon, Sep 25, 8:33am by Staff Writer

As part of the federal government’s continued crackdown on the online gambling industry, Human Services Minister Alan Tudge has brokered a compromise which will...

Fri, Sep 22, 7:16am by Staff Writer

The second week of the 2017 AFL Finals produced two one-sided finals games, with Geelong stunning Sydney by 59 points and Greater Western Sydney dominating West...

Tue, Sep 19, 5:09pm by Staff Writer

As part of its most recent financial filings, covering the 2016-17 fiscal year, Western Australia’s state-owned Lotterywest reported $827 million in sales –...

Tue, Sep 19, 4:22pm by Staff Writer

Just over one year ago, Adelaide native Shonica Guy made headlines worldwide, as the former gambling addict filed suit against Crown Resorts and Aristocrat Leisure...

Mon, Sep 18, 1:06pm by Head Editor

Semi final weekend in the 2017 AFL Finals produced two lopsided games, with Geelong and Greater Western Sydney victorious. Geelong surprised most on Friday night in...

Wed, Sep 13, 10:43am by Staff Writer

In a discussion paper published this month by the Australian Gambling Research Centre (AGRC), researchers recommended that the federal government implement mandatory...

Wed, Sep 13, 10:39am by Staff Writer

After two Division One jackpots were claimed by area residents within four days’ time, the coastal city of Hervey Bay in Queensland became Australia’s...

Tue, Sep 12, 7:49am by Staff Writer

Western Australia will become the second state to implement a point of consumption tax for online betting operations, according to a statement issued September 7 by...

Mon, Sep 11, 12:50pm by Head Editor

The Australian Gambling staff didn’t have the best week on the punt, but we did manage to come out in front in both the first week of the NRL Finals series and...

Mon, Sep 11, 9:56am by Staff Writer

The first legally licensed casino in Australia – the Wrest Point Hotel Casino in Hobart, Tasmania – has been granted official protections as a heritage site....

Mon, Sep 11, 9:09am by Head Editor

The Richmond Tigers won their first final for 16 years on Friday night at the MCG, by a whopping 51 points, in front of a record Qualifying Final crowd of more than...

Fri, Sep 8, 9:24am by Staff Writer

A man hailing from the Perth suburb of Innaloo has experienced a once in a lifetime moment for the second time in a decade, after winning the Saturday Lotto’s...

Thu, Sep 7, 10:51am by Poker Guru

PokerGO is a new subscription service that gives customers access to poker streaming videos. They launched just a few months ago and has quickly become an important...

Tue, Sep 5, 11:22am by Staff Writer

Australia’s online lottery marketplace continues to grow more crowded, as renowned bookmaker Dean Shannon is reportedly set to launch his own lotto betting site....

Tue, Sep 5, 8:46am by Head Editor

As reported by the Australian Financial Review on August 29, Crown Resorts’ online wagering platform CrownBet has launched a new lottery betting marketplace called...

Mon, Sep 4, 6:51pm by Head Editor

The first Saturday of the Spring was a good one at the track for the Australian Gambling staff, with our suggested bet – Grande Rosso – saluting at...

Thu, Aug 31, 4:38pm by Staff Writer

According to the newly formed Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), organised crime elements are using online betting sites to launder money. In a...

Thu, Aug 31, 1:29pm by Poker Guru

When players at a final table start to negotiate a deal you will notice that it is far from straightforward how to do it fairly. Players will have different opinions...

Thu, Aug 31, 11:39am by Staff Writer

Per the full-year financial results released by Star Entertainment on August 23, covering the period ending on June 30, the casino operator posted a net profit of...

Wed, Aug 30, 3:27pm by Staff Writer

Via legislation introduced on August 24 by ACT Attorney-General Gordon Ramsay, Canberra Casino’s longstanding request to run 200 pokie machines is essentially a...

Tue, Aug 29, 8:23am by Staff Writer

As millions of Americans anxiously awaited the latest Powerball draw results on August 23, Mavis Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts didn’t even bother to watch....

Mon, Aug 28, 6:31pm by Head Editor

The Australian Gambling staff didn’t have the best week on the punt, but we did manage to come out in front in both NRL and Racing. Our best result came in the NRL...

Mon, Aug 28, 11:56am by Head Editor

Richmond are set to enter their first Qualifying final since 2001 as the biggest firmer of all the finalists after defeating St Kilda by 41 points at the MCG on...

Thu, Aug 24, 12:20pm by Staff Writer

Continuing a curious pattern of inconsistent policymaking, the Victorian government has quietly put forth a proposal to introduce so-called “cashless” pokie...

Thu, Aug 24, 11:13am by Poker Guru

When I started playing live poker at a local poker club, all the oldies wanted to have a “winner takes it all” payout structure when we played tournaments....

Thu, Aug 24, 9:56am by Staff Writer

When online bookmaker Sportsbet began accepting wagers on the upcoming same sex marriage postal vote two weekends ago, the odds made a “Yes” vote the...

Thu, Aug 24, 9:12am by Head Editor

Both Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor have landed in Las Vegas as the countdown to the most anticipated fight in history ticks down to just three days. Most...

Wed, Aug 23, 5:03pm by Staff Writer

After enjoying a successful international debut of its “Buster Blackjack” side bet – which has been spread at Crown Casino in Melbourne since this January –...

Tue, Aug 22, 4:49pm by Staff Writer

Racing Victoria (RV) is in a healthy financial position, announcing at a media day on Monday that revenue from wagering over the past year has surpassed $6 billion...

Tue, Aug 22, 8:59am by Staff Writer

The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) are investigating Alexandr Dolgopolov’s loss to Thiago Monteiro at the Winston-Salem Open after suspicious betting patterns led...

Tue, Aug 22, 8:07am by Staff Writer

Before he became President of the United States, businessman Donald Trump was widely known as a real estate mogul, and in the late 1980s his focus was fixed squarely...

Mon, Aug 21, 1:42pm by Head Editor

It wasn’t the best week on the punt for the Australian Gambling staff, but we did manage to come out in front in both the English Premier League and the National...

Thu, Aug 17, 2:51pm by Staff Writer

When the Irish-based Paddy Power / Betfair online gaming conglomerate released its interim financial results, which cover the first six months of 2017, the...

Thu, Aug 17, 2:32pm by Staff Writer

Just over a month after instituting a 20-year “freeze” on pokie licences, the Labor-led government in Victoria has announced an ambitious new tax plan targeting...

Thu, Aug 17, 2:26pm by Poker Guru

In general I do not enjoy watching others play poker, I enjoy playing myself a lot more. But there is one exception and it is Tom Dwan, or ‘durrr’ as he is known...

Thu, Aug 17, 8:25am by Staff Writer

Exactly 10 months to the day after being arrested and detained by Chinese authorities, Crown Resorts executive Jason O’Connor was released from custody on August...

Wed, Aug 16, 3:00pm by Staff Writer

Despite the best efforts of online poker activists, the industry was officially banned on Wednesday, August 9 via voice vote in the Senate. By approving the...

Tue, Aug 15, 4:07pm by Staff Writer

Less than two weeks after the Queensland State government rejected the ASF Group’s bid to build a $3 billion casino resort on the Gold Coast Spit, the North...

Mon, Aug 14, 4:14pm by Head Editor

The Australian Gambling staff had a solid week on the punt, backing 11 winners from 20 suggested bets, and more importantly, turned in a profit of $58. Our best...

Thu, Aug 10, 10:47am by Staff Writer

After reaping $669 million in revenue from its Victorian pokie operations during the 2015-16 fiscal year, Woolworths is attempting to add more machines in the state....

Thu, Aug 10, 9:06am by Staff Writer

Per the latest findings from Matt Ryan, a veteran gaming industry analyst working for the UBS investment bank, sports bettors in Australia are increasingly replacing...

Thu, Aug 10, 8:55am by Poker Guru

I have played poker in many major tournaments around the world: WSOP, WPT, EPT, APT and APPT, to name a few of the biggest names. EPT and APPT were both...

Wed, Aug 9, 4:59pm by Staff Writer

With the release of Crown Resorts’ full year results, covering the fiscal year ending June 30, the company confirmed financial analysts’ worst fears. Using the...

Tue, Aug 8, 10:40am by Staff Writer

The Trump brand does not currently have a presence in Macau, but that it set to change, with four new trademarks, including one for casinos, granted approval from...

Tue, Aug 8, 8:12am by Staff Writer

After a field of 496 entrants in the 2017 Star Sydney Championships Main Event was whittled down to the final table of nine, an Australian poker legend found himself...

Mon, Aug 7, 3:20pm by Staff Writer

Hideki Matsuyama will go into the year’s final major will some serious momentum, after he stormed to a five-shot victory at the World Golf...

Mon, Aug 7, 1:26pm by Staff Writer

The Australian Gambling staff had a solid week on the punt, backing six winners from 15 suggested bets, and more importantly, turned in a small profit. In the AFL,...

Fri, Aug 4, 3:52pm by Staff Writer

The biggest pay dispute to hit Australian Cricket since the days of World Series cricket in the mid to late 70’s is over, with Cricket Australia (CA) and the...

Fri, Aug 4, 7:13am by Poker Guru

There is a famous cheating story from the days of the Wild West. I think it’s from a movie but it’s a good story. Table stakes did not apply at the time which...

Thu, Aug 3, 3:14pm by Staff Writer

Everybody who plays the lottery is looking to beat astronomical odds and cash in a jackpot-winning ticket. But as a recent profile published by the South Perth...

Thu, Aug 3, 1:07pm by Staff Writer

Members of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) gathered with allies outside of Crown Casino in Melbourne on July 25, rallying to protest the impending...

Thu, Aug 3, 7:21am by Staff Writer

The latest edition of the Star Sydney Championships poker tournament series began on July 18, and since then several preliminary events have produced several new...

Tue, Aug 1, 1:09pm by Staff Writer

Following several months of community consultation, the Queensland Government has rejected a proposal to build a $3 billion Gold Coast Casino and integrated resort,...

Tue, Aug 1, 8:07am by Staff Writer

Adelaide Casino will proceed with plans for a $330 million expansion, aimed at courting high-rollers, after receiving final approval from the South Australia (SA)...

Tue, Aug 1, 7:58am by Staff Writer

Daily fantasy sports (DFS) heavyweight FanDuel has exited the UK market after one season, to focus its commercial growth on its core US market. This past Friday,...

Mon, Jul 31, 11:57am by Staff Writer

A series of crazy AFL and NRL results over the weekend made one Sportsbet punter $23,709 richer, when his or her 10-leg multi saluted. Five of the ten 10 selections...