Tag: pokies
New sports stadium for Epping under Casa D’Abruzzo Club deal
Epping’s basketball and netball clubs will have access to more indoor courts with a new stadium set to be built by Casa D’Abruzzo Club...
Whittlesea’s gaming addiction reaches new heights
More money was lost on poker machines at the Epping Plaza Hotel than any other gaming venue in Victoria, new data reveals.
Victorian Commission for...
Commercial Hotel quits bid for pokies
A two-year battle to bring poker machines to South Morang’s Commercial Hotel has come to an end, with the venue’s owner withdrawing its Supreme...
Pokies losses in Whittlesea, Hume among worst in the state
Gamblers lost more than $600,000 a day at poker machine venues across Whittlesea and Hume in the past financial year, new data reveals.
The Victorian...
Whittlesea gamblers raise stakes
Whittlesea gamblers are pouring more money than ever into poker machines, with the city recording the highest increase in losses of any Victorian municipality...
Craigieburn hotel’s pokies plan to grow with town
Craigieburn will get an extra 20 gaming machines if the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation approves Highlands Hotel’s latest bid.
The hotel, on...
Whittlesea council opposes Commercial Hotel pokies bid
A plan to install gaming machines at South Morang’s Commercial Hotel faces opposition from Whittlesea council.
As reported by Star Weekly, Australian Leisure and Hospitality...
Call to cut pokies numbers in Whittlesea
A Whittlesea taskforce set up to target problem gambling in the municipality has called for a reduction in the number of gaming machines allowed...
VCAT orders Whittlesea council to approve pokies
The state planning tribunal has paved the way for a 50 per cent increase in poker machines at Mernda’s Bridge Inn Hotel.
At a Victorian...
Pokies trial effectiveness questioned
Whittlesea’s gaming venues will not take part in a trial pre-commitment scheme for problem gamblers, despite being among the state’s most profitable pokies clubs.
The...
Pokie losses eat at town spend
Almost $20 million was pumped into poker machines in Sunbury last financial year.
New Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation figures reveal losses on...
Pokies losses on an upward trajectory
New statistics reveal people are losing more on poker machines in both Hume and Whittlesea each year.
Statistics released by the Victorian Commission for Gambling...
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Conversations are key this White Ribbon Month
As White Ribbon Month gets under way, the organisation is working harder than ever to prevent violence against women by engaging men and boys...
