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Victoria follows Fed Govt with pokies policy pause
6 February 2012
It's been sharply criticised for its change of plan, but the head of Clubs Victoria has come to the state's defence, as Simon Lauder reports.

Punters dodge self imposed ban orders
6 February 2012
THE number of problem gamblers choosing to be barred from entering gaming venues has nearly halved in the past year. The Department of Justice has revealed 1121 self-exclusion deeds were signed in Victoria in the 2010-11 financial year ...

Baillieu breaks pokie vow
5 February 2012
THE state government has reneged on an election promise to implement voluntary precommitment pokies technology in all Victorian gaming venues by 2013, delaying action on the vow beyond the next state election. The federal government and the anti-pokies ...

Gaming Commission refuses to block new Castlemaine pokies
4 February 2012
CASTLEMAINE residents have lost their battle to block 65 new poker machines in their central Victorian town after the gambling regulator approved an application to build a sports club in an old railway shed.

Gaming intake now open
3 February 2012
Groups focusing on adult arts and sports, animal welfare and the environment are encouraged to take advantage of a special community gaming grant application intake, Ida Chong, Minister of Community ...

State drops $3bn on pokies
June 29 2011
THE former Brumby government bungled the auction of poker machine licences last year, delivering a jackpot to gaming barons such as Bruce Mathieson and short-changing Victorian taxpayers by as much as $3 billion

Sports clubs accused of rorting tax concessions
6 May  2011
SPORTING and social clubs - including AFL clubs - have been accused of continuing to rort tax concessions on their poker machines profits despite new rules that were supposed to have eliminated the abuse...

Victoria determined to implement voluntary gaming machine pre-commitment
6 May 2011
The Victorian Coalition Government notes the release today of the first report of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform and its recommendations...

Keno licence awarded to tabcorp
11 March 2011
Tabcorp Holdings Limited today welcomed the announcement by the Victorian Government that it intends to award the Victorian Keno licence to Tabcorp...