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Skycity Auckland Reopens With Some Restrictions In Place

  An Auckland casino has reopened after the latest coronavirus restrictions were lifted in the country. Casino Beats reports that SkyCity Entertainment Group’s Auckland casino is back up and running after it was forced to close in early March due to a new coronavirus case. The week-long lockdown order came...

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Skycity Adelaide High-roller Sues Operator For Negligence

A Chinese high-roller gambler is suing one of Australia’s largest casino operators, claiming millions in casino winnings are missing. Casino.org reports that millionaire Linong Ma, a resident of Hong Kong and China’s Shanxi province, alleged junket operator Xiongming Xie, who has links to organised crime, as well as his partner...

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Wptdeepstacks Heads to Hanoi After Vsop on Natural8

Vietnam is the center of the Asia-Pacific poker world this month and next. Many people don’t realize how popular poker is in Vietnam, but these events might go a long way to showing it. Natural8 just kicked off the player-favorite Vietnam Series of Poker that runs through March 21, online...

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Wptdeepstacks Prepares For Aussie Gold Coast Series

Australian poker players are anxious to get back to the live-action tables. The World Poker Tour is excited to bring its live tournaments back to the masses. It’s a perfect match. The World Poker Tour’s WPTDeepStacks is headed to the Star Gold Coast in May with 10 tournaments, lots of...

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Crown to Ban Indoor Smoking By End of 2022

A ban on indoor smoking will occur at all of Crown Resorts’ Australian gaming floors by the end of 2022. Asgam reports the transition would primarily impact Crown’s premium gaming areas, which currently permit smoking in certain areas with appropriate air filtration technology. Crown said it would make some premium...

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Poker Players Prepare For Apt Gold Coast 17-21 March

The Australian Poker Tour is back, and poker players cannot wait. The year of the pandemic (2020) prohibited live poker tournaments for so long that the players are stoked to return to the tables. APT participants were always an enthusiastic group but absence makes the heart grow even fonder. The...

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Wilkie Pushes For Social Casino Games Ban

A push to ban social casino games by an Australian MP has gained nationwide momentum. Tech Guide reports that Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said a ban on social casino games would help reduce gambling-related harm in Australia. He introduced a bill to parliament in 2020, with the Interactive Gambling Amendment...

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Kitty Kuo Wins 2021 Apt Taiwan Main Event

The Asian Poker Tour is a longtime staple in the Asia-Pacific region. While its main locations include Macau, Philippines, South Korea, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the tour has also expanded to include India, London, New Caledonia, Taiwan, and Australia. Its season after season of live poker tournament series enables players of...

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Megasaur at Fair Go Online Casino Player Awards $96K

It happened again. Another Fair Go Casino player won life-changing money. Three of the most popular online pokies games on the Aussie online casino are progressives, and those jackpots deliver time and time again. This time, it was the Megasaur game that paid a player more than $96K. Minor Progressive...

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Canberra Clubs Reports Big Losses

The coronavirus pandemic has had a big impact on one of Canberra’s biggest clubs. The Canberra Times reports that the Canberra Labor Club posted a loss of more than $10 million in the past financial year, with a significant fall in pokies revenue posted. The number of staff working at...

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