Category Archives: Queensland

Punters in Queensland lose big money on poker machines

While the arguments for and against the pre-commitment technology for poker machines continues, news comes that punters in Queensland lost $4000 a minute playing pokie machines last month. Gambling help groups speculate as to whether this massive amount of lost money can be attributed to some people trying to “win their way out of financial…

Australian Crime Commission looking into online gambling

The Australian Crime Commission is asking the Australian Federal Police and the Government to look into gambling websites that are getting around Australian legislation. Since the Interactive Gambling Act was passed no charges have been brought against any organisations involved in internet gambling.  It is a nortoriously difficult area to ‘police’, especially against businesses that…

Online pokie tournament raises money for flood relief

Money is still being raised for the Queensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal. Au$5,000 was raised by JackpotCity online casino by holding an online pokie tournament specifically to raise money for the flood appeal. The staff of the online casino came up with the idea, and the total money raised came from profits generated by the…

Australian casinos revamp

There can be no doubt that gambling and online casinos are hot topics in Australia, particulary in view of the forthcoming federal elections. Many of the Australian land based casinos are piling money into extensive revamps, in spite of a continuing fall in revenue.  Land based casinos are, however, seen as a major tourist attraction,…

Queensland sees drop in poker machine revenue

Queensland has seen a surprise drop in the revenue it receives from poker machines.  This may be the first time ever that this has happened.  This amounts to an amazing $30 million drop in gaming machine revenue. However, total money raised from gambling taxes has risen from $922 million last financial year to about $933…