Day: 19 February 2019

NSW Prosecutors Seek a Retrial in Star Casino’s Legal Case against Two High Rollers and Casino Dealer’s Cheating Scheme

Tue 19 Feb 2019 12.08 Olivia Cole
NSW Prosecutors Seek a Retrial in Star Casino’s Legal Case against Two High Rollers and Casino Dealer’s Cheating Scheme

A card dealer and two high roller players, who faced allegations of swindling The Star casino in New South Wales to fraudulently obtain AU$3 million by using hand signals in what was considered one of the biggest gambling suits in Australia in the last few years, were freed from criminal charges. Now, the ruling of the NSW District Court is being appealed by prosecutors who seek a retrial, after judge Peter Whitford decided that the three men were not guilty and found that the Crown did not succeed to identify…

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Poker Machine Losses of Queensland Residents Reach a Record High of AU$2.4 Billion in 2018

Tue 19 Feb 2019 8.02 Daniel Williams
Poker Machine Losses of Queensland Residents Reach a Record High of AU$2.4 Billion in 2018

In 2018, Queensland citizens lost a massive amount of AU$6 million a day, which means their losses are worth the staggering AU$4,572 every minute, to poker machines situated in local hotels and clubs. The state hit a record high, with its total losses being estimated to AU$2.4 billion in 2018, with the data going back to 2004. According to Tim Costello, the director of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, losses kept rising due to the fact that poker machines, also known as pokies, were getting more and more addictive. Mr…

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