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The Southern Australian state of Victoria saw a nonpartisan investigation calling for the local government to approve the legislation that would forbid foreign junket firms from partnering with local real money casinos. The independent investigation was actually part of...

Crown Resorts keeps on resembling a sinking ship, judging by yet another round of executives exiting the company. Sydney CEO and head of hotels, Peter Crinis, has reportedly left the company’s top ranks. Coming from Melbourne, Crinis is one...

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) continues its exhaustive campaign against illegal gambling. The latest move saw ACMA urging Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to increase the number of blocked illegal offshore gambling websites. More specifically, ACMA has requested...

More damaging evidence has hit Crown Resorts. It’s becoming apparent that significant changes will have to be made. After an already long list of controversies, Crown has been affected by another one yet again. Still, this one seems to...

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) asked all Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to stop allowing four illegal offshore casino sites to offer their services to Australians. This comes as another move on the part of ACMA to...

The top legal officer of Crown Resorts admitted that the Australian casino giant’s anti-money laundering team failed to fulfill its obligation to monitor two Crown bank accounts allegedly utilized to launder dirty money. This admission came during the NSW...

The Australian Banking Association (ABA) has sought feedback from its stakeholders regarding imposing potential credit card limits on online gambling, as part of a larger initiative to protect its cardholders. Some members of the ABA have expressed concern that...

The Australian island state of Tasmania wanted to generate more income from its gambling industry and came up with the idea of imposing a consumption tax on the gambling industry. This proposal was strongly opposed by gambling operators during...

A number of governments across the world are facing a predicament with their legalised gambling industries. The global gambling industry continues to grow at a rapid rate which brings in significant gaming tax revenues for governments and is a...

Australians love to gamble and millions of them place bets regularly at illegal gambling websites since online gambling is banned down under. For many years, Australia allowed online gambling operators to operate freely as gambling laws were not very...