Keno

GOLD COAST MAN WINS BIG AT ALH TAVERN

Posted on July 21st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A local man struck gold at the Benowa Tavern, bagging a major Keno prize of more than $1.6 million. A recent draw identified a Keno Classic 10 Spot entry as winner of $1,602,500, purchased at ALH’s Benowa Tavern, Benowa.  The

GAMING MANAGER SENTENCED OVER $30k IN DODGY BETS

Posted on October 24th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A gaming manager at ALH’s Vale Hotel has been sentenced over more than $30k in fraudulent bets she placed on Keno, attempting to cover financial burdens from her mother’s gambling. A court heard 24-year-old Nikkita Faye Clutterbuck was working a

KENO GOES THE LOTT FROM TABCORP

Posted on June 1st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Today Australia’s largest lotteries operator has been spun off from parent company Tabcorp, forming the newly ASX-listed The Lottery Corporation, holder of brands The Lott and Keno. Listing 1 June, TLC (ASX:TLC) is the “new driving force” in Australian lottery

TORQUAY PATRON ‘STUNNED’ AND READY TO RETIRE

Posted on May 23rd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A hard-working woman from Torquay says she’s recovering from the shock of recently winning $1.2 million on Keno, at Endeavour’s Bay Central Tavern. A Keno Classic 10 Spot entry, draw 306, drawn Sunday 15 May, was reported as winning a

GAMING ATTENDANT WALKS FOR STEALING AS A SERVANT

Posted on December 18th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A Toowoomba gaming attendant has walked away without a conviction or his job, after chasing his own lost $20 on Keno with over $66,000 of the hotel’s money. On Sunday 6 January 27-year-old Benjamin Naythan Shipp was working a quiet

HAPPY DAYS AND BIG WINS AT LAUNDY HOTELS

Posted on May 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Laundy Hotels have been especially hospitable of late, helping one industry newcomer into ‘paradise’ and making another a millionaire. Arthur Laundy’s operation took on the idyllic Tea Gardens Hotel in February of 2015, in partnership with Steve and Trish Rodgers

MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY OVER KENO EMBEZZLEMENT

Posted on August 3rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A Queensland hotel manager accused of stealing over $60,000 through Keno has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. In February PubTIC reported on the case of the manager of the Emerald Hotel, Robert Craig Philips, being charged with offenses based on

NEW-LOOK KENO INVITES PATRONS TO ‘PLAY’

Posted on June 24th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The immensely popular venue game Keno has initiated a re-launch to “drive customers into pubs and clubs”. Played by an estimated 2.7 million each year and delivering $62 million back to players in winnings each month, the Tabcorp subsidiary is

Pub manager steals over $60k through Keno

Posted on February 20th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The manager of a Queensland pub has been charged with multiple offenses based on his alleged theft of $62,530 by way of unpaid Keno bets. The 47-year-old manager at the Emerald Hotel will face Emerald Magistrate’s Court next month for