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‘Time is running out’: Sportsbet offered share of $1m in bonus bets if customers gambled on AFL grand final day

Online bookmaker’s offer, one of a series texted during finals, was valid only if customer took up a suggested same-game multi bet

The Guardian - AU

Victorian regulator weighs unprecedented intervention in AFL’s fight with bookmakers over gambling revenue

Exclusive: Industry sources say decision could be highly consequential and limit AFL’s dependence on gambling

The Guardian - AU

Victoria to introduce Australia’s strictest poker machine rules, with $1,000 limit to be slashed by 90%

Andrews-era reforms to be introduced in state parliament on Tuesday will cap load-up to $100, $400 less than in New South Wales

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‘I had a full-blown relapse’: problem gambler allowed into Victorian pokies clubs despite self-exclusion

Bree Hughes says state’s safeguards to curb gambling are a ‘joke’ after she realised very few venues checked if she was on the self-excluding list

The Guardian - AU

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‘Very different’ Crown Resorts can keep licence to run Melbourne casino

Victorian gambling watchdog says company has addressed failings identified in royal commission but action will be taken ‘if there is any regression to old Crown’

The Guardian - AU

‘Should be closed after midnight’: experts warn 4am pokies closures in Victoria will do little to stop harm

Proposed mandatory closing times will still allow 361 venues to remain open after 2am, data suggests

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Crown Casino's bank cheque practice likely 'resulted in criminal infiltration', gambling watchdog finds

Crown Casino is fined $30 million by Victoria's gambling watchdog for allowing punters to cash bank cheques made out to themselves, exacerbating gambling harm and likely aiding "criminal infiltration by money launderers".

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Undocumented bank cheques land Crown casino $30 million fine

A $30 million fine has been issued to Crown after the Melbourne casino accepted uncleared bank cheques made out to patrons instead of the company.

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Sportsbet is targeting young women on TikTok to diversify male client base, experts say

A pre-Super Bowl ad promoting ‘novelty bet’ markets on Rihanna’s halftime show is part of a trial on the social media platform

The Guardian - AU

We fact-checked Samantha Ratnam's claim that Victorians have lost $66 billion at the pokies. Here's what we found.

Samantha Ratnam says Victorians have lost $66 billion on the pokies. But that figure does not account for inflation — or the losses that have occurred at Crown Casino.

ABC News

Crown Melbourne handed record $120 million fine for breaching gambling harm regulations

Crown Melbourne has been ordered to pay $120 million in fines after the gambling regulator found it failed to prevent gambling-related harm to patrons, who were sometimes allowed to gamble for more than 24 hours at a time.

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Casino regulator launches investigation into Crown Resorts for providing credit to gamble

Royal commission found bank and blank cheques had been exchanged for chips at Crown in Melbourne in breach of restrictions

The Guardian - AU

Crown Casino in Melbourne fined $80 million for illegal China Union Pay scheme

The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission says Crown's scheme was illegal, and the casino "went to some lengths to hide what it was doing".

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Crown Melbourne hit with record $80m fine

Crown Melbourne has been fined a record $80 million over a scheme that allowed the illegal transfer of funds from China.

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Crown Melbourne facing $100m fines

Victoria's new gambling and casino commission has started disciplinary proceedings against Crown Melbourne, which could lead to fines of up to $100 million.

The Guardian - AU

Regulator launches disciplinary action against Crown Resorts after royal commission findings

Move by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission is first under new laws under which it can levy fines of up to $100m

ABC News

Crown casino facing up to $100m in fines as Victoria's new watchdog launches proceedings

Melbourne's Crown casino faces fines of up to $100 million for a scheme which allowed the illegal transfer of funds from China, Victoria's new gambling watchdog says.

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