10/07/21 Australia: Wyndham Council bans pokies near social housing The council of Wyndham, in the state of Victoria, has issued a new policy to restrict how closely pokies venues can be established to social housing.
10/05/21 Andrew Yeom: CCC now down to 12 employees Andrew Yeom says the Commonwealth Casino Commission now has only 12 employees including himself as financial woes bite.
10/04/21 SkyCity Hamilton in temporary closure for a snap five-day lockdown SkyCity Entertainment Group has reported that its Hamilton venue will remain closed for at least five days amid a new outbreak of Covid-19 cases.
10/04/21 NagaWorld GGR down 37% for first nine months NagaCorp has revealed its financial results for the first nine months, reporting that GGR from NagaWorld, Cambodia, dropped 37 per cent to $415,000.
10/01/21 IPI’s CEO hopes the CCC will not revoke its gaming licence Ray N. Yumul, IPI’s chief executive officer, has said that the casino operator is willing to modify its conditions in order not to lose its gaming licence.
10/01/21 Australia: Westpac updates digital gambling block Westpac Group, an Australian bank, has revealed it has added new functionalities to its revamped digital gambling block app that prevent customers from making deposits to online gambling platforms.
09/30/21 CCC seeks immediate revocation of IPI casino licence Andrew Yeom, Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director, has filed four complaints against IPI and demanded the immediate and final revocation of the casino operator’s gaming licence.
09/29/21 Sydney and Melbourne see record spend on online gambling A report has revealed that recent lockdowns in the states of Victoria and New South Wales led to a rise in the amount spent on online gambling.
09/29/21 Crown Resorts makes further board changes Crown Resorts has named Craig Durham as group company secretary and legal counsel and Anne Ward as an independent non-executive director.
09/27/21 Crown Perth players threatened by loan sharks, inquiry hears The Financial Counselling Australia (FCA) has told the Western Australian Royal Commission into Crown Resorts that several players were approached by loan sharks they met on the casino floor.
09/27/21 CCC crisis continues as it loses another commissioner Diego M. Songao has stepped down as a member of the Commonwealth Casino Commission due to health reasons.
09/24/21 Australia: criticism of gambling ads ahead of AFL Grand Final Some government MPs, athletes and AFL clubs have complained of gambling companies piling ads into pre-game coverage for Saturday’s AFL Grand Final in Perth.
09/24/21 Crown Perth used by organised criminals, inquiry hears Deputy Police Commissioner Col Blanch has told the WA Royal Commission that Crown Perth was used by criminal organisations to move cash through casino junkets and avoid detection from regulators.
09/22/21 Crown Perth VIP room remained open during lockdown The WA Royal Commission has heard that Crown Perth breached lockdown rules by keeping its VIP room open.
09/22/21 Andrew Yeom: “Allowing online gambling could bring up to 2.1m online users annually” Andrew Yeom, Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director, was invited by House Gaming Committee Chairman Edwin Propst to discuss the possibility of online gambling with lawmakers.
