05/19/20 New Zealand: ANZ Bank assists cricket clubs ANZ Good Sports Grants set up for clubs to access in order to help them ride the financial storm resulting from Covid-19.
05/19/20 Tabcorp secures debt waiver from bank lenders The waiver covers the next two testing dates for the AU$2.2billion debt which occur on June 30 and December 31.
05/18/20 Silver Heritage Group enters administration Gaming investors had been looking into alternatives but Covid-19 scuppered plans to sell assets.
05/18/20 Star Ent secures AU$1.6b funding for QWB project Terms for the funding were confirmed before the Covid-19 pandemic.
05/17/20 BetBarter Vanuatu Blast to be the first cricket T10 League after lockdown BetBarter Vanuatu Blast will be held at the Vanuatu Cricket Ground in May – June 2020.
05/15/20 Lotto NZ reopens in more locations Lotto NZ has announced it will reopen in more locations across New Zealand as COVID-19 social distancing measures are eased.
05/13/20 Cash injection for NZ horse racing industry NZ$72.5million will be provided in an emergency support package, which includes NZ$20million to build two new all-weather race tracks.
05/12/20 SkyCity casinos to reopen from Thursday Casinos in Auckland, Hamilton and Queenstown will allow customers through their doors for the first time since late March.
05/11/20 700 more jobs to go at SkyCity Casino operator cuts another 700 jobs after letting 200 members of staff go at the start of April.
05/11/20 Data shows online gambling on the rise in Australia New data suggest that online gambling continues to rise in Australia, despite the Covid-19 pandemic impacting the industry.
05/08/20 Aus court lifts freezing order on Donaco shares Donaco-operated Star Vegas casino resort in Cambodia has had the ban imposed on its 148,199,529 ASX-listed shares since April 2018.
05/07/20 Gambling declines in New Zealand during lockdown Market research shows that half of gamblers wagered less while the country was on Covid-19 lockdown.
05/05/20 Melbourne eSports Open postponed to 2021 The event will now take place at Olympic Parks from August 21-22, 2021.
05/05/20 Aus: Rise in online gambling ‘needs perspective’ Alliance for Gambling Reform says that children need to be prevented from seeing online gambling ads.
05/04/20 Crown announces pre-Coronavirus profits Crown Resorts reports profit after tax for the financial year (ending 30 June 2020) of approximately AU$210million.