Victoria News - Page 5

International News Brief: Jeff Kennett has given Crown casino a dressing down, saying that the casino's high-roller rooms are far different from those he opened as premier in 1997.

International News Brief: Victorian Premier John Brumby says a parliamentary committee inquiry into gaming licence tenders was nothing more than a smear campaign and its final report is an embarrassment to the Opposition.

International News Brief: If Tatts Group and Tabcorp are serious about tendering for the $700 million Victorian wagering licence, they will have to think long and hard about antagonising the Victorian Government with threats to sue it for up to $1.2billion in compensation claims for losing the poker machine duopoly.

International News Brief: Automatic teller machines will be banned in all Victorian pokies venues under a Brumby Government crackdown on problem gambling.

International News Brief: Victorians (Australia) will soon be able to place racing bets from home using their TVs and remote controllers.

International News Brief: Victoria's pokie giants, Tatts and Tabcorp, may have broken the state's tough anti-pokie advertising laws.

International News Brief: Victorian poker machine gamblers have lost a record $1.35 billion in just six months.

After approximately six hours of intense poker at Melbourne's Crown Casino, Englishman Luke 'Resteal' Abolins was crowned PokerProForAYear beating out stiff competition from nine other talented players from around the world.

International News Brief: Ambulances are being called to Melbourne's Crown Casino complex so often that some health experts believe a permanent paramedic presence at the venue may be necessary.

International News Brief: Crown casino will go to trial over explosive claims it lured a banned pathological gambler to blow $30 million.

International News Brief: Greek gambling giant Intralot has backflipped on last week's pledge not to introduce SMS punting.

International News Brief: Victoria poker machine punters have lost $678 million in just three months.

International News Brief: The Victoria Racing Club has more money than it knows what to do with thanks to recent remarkably successful four-day Melbourne Cup carnivals.

International News Brief: The biggest hotel in Australia will be built at Southbank as part of a $540 million expansion of Melbourne's Crown Casino complex.

International News Brief: Claims that Crown casino allowed a banned problem gambler to lose $30 million will be contested in the Supreme Court.

International News Brief: Claims Crown casino allowed a banned problem gambler to blow $30 million are headed for an explosive Supreme Court showdown.

International News Brief: Victoria's long-awaited parliamentary gaming inquiry has been delayed as a result of the leadership change and cabinet reshuffle in the State Government.

International News Brief: Crown Casino is building a new super room for its richest and most loyal pokies players.

International News Brief: Just as the Australian gambling companies are recovering from the impact of smoking bans, new restrictions are causing new headaches.

International News Brief: A scheme designed to pump millions of dollars of poker machine revenue into community-based programs and charities will be overhauled following concerns that gaming venues were spending too much on themselves.