Gaming – Pokies

COLES CAUGHT IN $1 POKIES BET BLOOPER

Posted on December 21st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Wesfarmers’ subsidiary Coles has found itself the meat in a $1 sandwich, between anti-gaming advocates pushing consideration of poker machine reform and the realities of a complex industry. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) opened a hornet’s nest with news that

VICTORIAN POKIES CENSURED AS MINISTER GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION

Posted on July 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Recent figures on gaming in Victoria have sparked a chorus of anti-pokies rhetoric unseen since the heady days of Wilkie’s crusade for mandatory pre-commitment. The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation details the licence type and gaming revenue of

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY TAKES ON MORE TECH

Posted on April 17th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
International Game Technology continues to flex its muscles in the international gaming industry with the announcement of a massive merger and another milestone for Advantage Club. IGT – a world leader in gaming equipment – has joined with the largest

PUB-CLUB DIVIDE REACHING “MORALLY BANKRUPT” LEVELS

Posted on March 25th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A proposed EGM licence trading scheme in the ACT should be delayed according to the AHA as it will only further the profits of Clubs and the divide between them and hotel businesses. [caption id="attachment_1754" align="alignright" width="214"] Brad Watts, AHA