Sydney is to get a new theatre. In a city that has made a feature of demolishing fine theatres, this is welcome news. That it is to be in Sydney’s west, which, with the exception of a small but well-designed theatre in Paramatta is not well served by performance venues, is something else to be…
Under the NSW Crimes Act it is a criminal offence, punishable by up to two years’ jail, if anyone passes on inside information that is then used to make a bet. The year-long investigation of the four matches also found that cocaine, gambling and prostitution was rife within the NRL. Detective Superintendent Cook said on…
Last night, the BBC NI Spotlight programme considered the impact of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) in Northern Ireland. The programme revealed that the PSNI are seeking a prosecution against a bookmaker for operating an FOBT beyond the stakes and prizes allowed under the law in Northern Ireland. A spokesperson for CARE (Christian Action Research…
Labor has unveiled a Robin Hood-style plan to hike taxes on wealthy landowners, luxury car buyers and interstate online gambling companies to keep a lid on Queensland’s nation-leading state debt. Treasurer Curtis Pitt released Labor’s election costings on Thursday two days before the election insisting the “new revenue measures” would hit only a well-heeled…
A Morrisons manager who hanged himself over his gambling addiction was dumped by his girlfriend after apparently spending their holiday cash at the bookies, an inquest has heard. Philip Tomlinson, 29, took his own life at a beauty spot in July after he became overwhelmed by a ”punishing” addiction to online gambling, the hearing was…
A legal battle over a contested $3 million heads-up poker game that involved an Australian poker pro, a Czech casino mogul and too much alcohol could conjure up a decades-old case against a casino formerly belonging to now President Donald Trump. Back in 1995, a lawsuit against the then Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City…
By Clare Foges For The Daily Mail Published: 13:00 AEDT, 15 November 2017 | Updated: 13:01 AEDT, 15 November 2017 e-mail View comments Miss Coates is the queen of the UKs online gambling industry, a parasite that feeds off the dreams of the poorest and most vulnerable with promises of easy money By any measure,…
A flashy poker-promoting punk linked to organized crime was sentenced Monday to a year and a day behind bars. Isok Aronov, 33, helped operate a high-stakes Coney Island gambling den decked out with a professional poker table, an electronic gambling game, a lounge and massage girls who gave players back and shoulder…
Yesterday, high stakes poker players and owner of Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club weighed in with his version of events of the Matt Kirk and Leon Tsoukernik $2m debt incident, and his blog post might just cause people to change their current opinion on the situation. …
In the early hours of May 27, two of professional gamblings big names sat down for a private, high-stakes poker match. The setting was the Ivey Room, a posh enclave in the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Leon Tsoukernik, a Czech entrepreneur and casino mogul, was facing off against Matthew Kirk, an Australian…
