Victoria News - Page 9

International News Brief: Four people have been sentenced in Melbourne County Court for their part in a brawl at Crown Casino that has been described as 'absolute pandemonium'.

International News Brief: Suspected gangsters and organised crime identities will be banned from racetracks under new laws approved by the Victoria Government.

International News Brief: Police will soon have the power to ban alleged underworld figures from Victorian racetracks.

International News Brief: Secret Crown casino security documents have revealed staff made thousands of mistakes affecting gamblers last financial year.

International News Brief: Three floors of Melbourne's riverside Crown Casino complex were evacuated tonight due to a gas leak.

International News Brief: Speed poker, the newest, made-for-TV variation of the grand old card game, made its Australian debut at Melbourne's Crown casino.

International News Brief: Whispers at Crown casino that the Australian Poker Championships next week might pull the celebrity talents of Tobey Maguire.

International News Brief: Pokies addicts may sue Tattersall's, Tabcorp, Crown casino and the Victorian Government in an Australian-first class action.

International News Brief: Plans to bar suspected gangsters from Victoria's major legal gambling venues received the full support of both casino and horseracing authorities today.

International News Brief: Alleged crime king Tony Mokbel could soon be banned from Victorian racetracks.

International News Brief: One of Crown casino's richest high-rollers has blown a staggering $25 million in a two-year losing streak in Melbourne, Australia.

International News Brief: The joint initiative between practising accountants' society CPA Australia and the Victorian Government to raise awareness in the workplace about problem gambling, was launched in Melbourne today.

International News Brief: Victoria and New South Wales, Australia's two most populous states, plan to ban smoking in pubs and other licensed premises by July 1 2007.

International News Brief: An energy company may sue Melbourne's Crown Casino to recover AUD$800,000 gambled away by a high-rolling former manager, a court heard today.

International News Brief: Victoria’s poker machine gamblers loss has dipped for the second year in a row since the introduction of gaming-room smoking bans in 2002.

International News Brief: Victoria’s gaming watchdog will probe Crown casino after staff were caught getting a prostitute for a high roller.

International News Brief: It is 10 years this week since the doors to the Crown casino's temporary headquarters were flung open at the World Trade Centre in Flinders St.

International News Brief: Five people have been committed to stand trial and banned from the Crown casino complex over a brawl during birthday celebrations for accused underworld murderer Victor Brincat.

ews Brief: Horseracing representatives were given the opportunity June 8 to tell a California Senate Governmental Organization sub-committee what's troubling the sport and they had plenty to say.

One of Crown's biggest gamblers says he has developed a casino-beating blackjack system.