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Australian Poker Tour Continues Season V With Apt Sydney

The Australian Poker Tour ended its fourth season on a positive note. APT Brisbane brought in more than 4,300 entries and awarded more than $1.1M. But as 2022 started to end the lockdowns and begin a return to normalcy, the tour set up Season V. It kicked off in Brisbane...

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The Case of Max Study Millions: Mistake Or Money Laundering?

A Brazilian native and now-Australian citizen transferred nearly $1M through casinos and banks. The cash was rubber-banded and hidden, and the man funneled it through banks and casinos. He knew the money was probably “from the wrong stuff” but did it anyway. In some situations, that is called money laundering....

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Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne Host Successful Poker Series

Live poker is back in Australia. As positive Covid-19 cases decrease and vaccination rates increase, Aussie life is slowly but surely returning to something resembling normal. There may still be masks and massive amounts of hand sanitizer, but poker rooms are reopening and hosting impressive tournament series. Two of those...

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Perth Casino Royal Commission Wraps Crown Hearings

Crown Resorts is in a familiar position. It awaits the results of yet another investigation into its suitability to keep a gambling license for one of its properties. This time, it is Crown Perth, as the government of Western Australia wraps its Perth Casino Royal Commission. Most expect the final...

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Wpt And Star Entertainment Plan Three 2022 Aussie Stops

The World Poker Tour traveled to Australia for the first time in 2019. The Star Gold Coast was the place and invited the WPT back for more tournaments the next year. Of course, the pandemic prevented that from happening. The WPT did return at the end of May in 2021...

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NSW Addresses Gambling Harm And New Casino Regulator

The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority of New South Wales made some announcements in January. The most significant pertained to creating the framework for a new casino regulator, which was a response to the Bergin Inquiry. The second was an announcement of a new service provider for the Office of...

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Lewis Murray Wins Gpi Australian Player of The Year 2021

The Global Poker Index is a worldwide poker rankings system focusing on live tournaments. Each year then ends with a list of players ranked by points on a global basis, by gender, and by country/nation. The rankings system set aside 2020 because live poker was nearly impossible in many places...

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Triton And Pokergo to Start 2022 With High-stakes Poker

What is high-stakes poker? For some poker players (like me!), a poker tournament with a buy-in of several thousand dollars constitutes high-stakes poker. For many professional players, they can’t call a tournament a high roller until the buy-in soars to $25K or higher. That last group includes some wealthy businesspeople...

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The Lott Reveals Winning Lotto Ticket Towns And Regions

Everyone who plays the lotto wants to know the secret to winning. They use their own lucky numbers. Some use superstitions about when and where to buy their tickets. And others want to know the inside information, such as which numbers hit the most and which retailers sell the most...

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Anticipating Changes For 2022 World Series of Poker

The 2022 World Series of Poker will be different. At the very least, the Las Vegas series will be very different from the past 17 years. The WSOP will be held at a new casino – two casinos – on the Las Vegas Strip. And with some luck, the pandemic...

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