The VCGLR has announced changes to Victorian gaming regulations, which include an increase to the non-cash payout figure for EGM credits. The Gambling Regulation Amendment Act was passed in Victorian parliament 30 November last year. Some changes to the Act came into effect from 20 December 2017. Most significantly for venue operators, the figure on […]
Dixon Hospitality Group has hit 2018 running, with a new group name and deals for two new northern venues into the stable. The Victorian-based hotel group fronted by former Spotless director Bruce Dixon has rebranded to Australian Venue Co (AVC), now boasting over 50 hospitality venues across NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory and most recently
Two men have been charged over fraud offences committed on hotels, with losses totalling more than $150,000. In May 2016, 33-year-old Francesco Donato Giannone went on a gambling spree, visiting three pubs in Mount Gambier. At his recent hearing, the South Australian District Court heard of Giannone’s exploits on the night of 19 May, beginning
Victorian police are hunting for three men involved in a unprovoked and pathetic group bashing of another man within a Melbourne pub. CCTV (below) shows four or five men accosting 55-year-old grandfather Tony McDonald on the evening of Sunday, 13 August last year at the Union Hotel in Ascot Vale. McDonald and his brother were
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Sam Arnaout’s expansive Iris Capital has lodged plans for a massive residential and hospitality development in Kings Cross to replace The Bourbon and Empire Hotels and surrounds. Around the group’s 2015 purchase of The Bourbon from Chris Cheung, Arnaout orchestrated acquisition of several adjacent lots, ending at Roslyn Street with the purchase of the Empire
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Funlab is set to open its eighth instalment of putt-putt pub Holey Moley, in the rapidly gentrifying precinct of Kings Cross. The Holey Moley sensation began in 2016, the first venue opening in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, followed in April this year by the second in Melbourne, offering patrons food and beverages around custom-built mini-golf courses.
A spate of unlikely violent incidents highlights the unpredictable nature of random acts by people on people, and the near-impossible ask of controlling for everything. In September, 18-year-old Brody David Marston went to the Currimundi Hotel with his brother, drinking and playing pool. Whilst there they met a 32-year-old (unnamed) man not previously known to
Lewis Hotel Group has landed approval to take The Fiddler to another level, with plans for a four-storey 78-room accommodation wing to the big Hills district pub. The large-format The Fiddler at the intersection of Commercial and Windsor Roads Rouse Hill has been a cornerstone of the Hills precinct for generations, the premise first established
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ARK Group has unveiled its huge new pub Market Grounds in Perth’s Kings Square, ready to capitalise on the future potential in the Perth City Link precinct. The big Market Grounds is located on the site of the former Perth markets at the corner of William and Wellington Streets, which operated from 1897 until 1973,
It’s liquor licence renewal time, and Victorian licensees and permit-holders are being invited to step up to the new ‘eLicence’ system. Licensees and permit-holders in Victoria are receiving their renewal notice in the mail this month. Renewal fees are due by 31 December, to be paid to the State Revenue Office. Liquor licence renewals can
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