Australia Archive
When any major, worldwide competition takes place in a particular region of the world, it tends to inspire local participants to deliver a peak performance. When Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, they scored, they scored 33 medals (13 gold), more than doubling their 15-medal (3 gold) performance in 2010. When the UK hosted...
Playing the stock market can be a lot like playing the pokies. Anything can happen. A little luck could make you rich, while a little misfortune could syphon your bankroll. But the stars may be aligning between the two as many analysts are suggesting pokies marker Ainsworth Game Technology (ASX: AGI) to be a...
November’s UFC 193 headline fight between Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm has drawn an incredible amount of media attention, mostly because Rousey, the undefeated champion and heavy favorite, shocked fans when she went down to a KO in the second round. Now, the bout is making headlines again as it’s been revealed Victorian gambling...
Over the last 25 years, Mariah Carey has become one of the most admired and unequivocally talented musical artists of our time. Her first Christmas album alone went 5x Platinum in Australia and the United States. Now, for more than 1,000 lucky patrons of the Crown Casino in Melbourne, the 5x Grammy Award winning...
It’s a bitter sweet moment for South Australia’s Adelaide Casino. The day after celebrating its 30th anniversary, SA’s very first casino now mourns the passing of its honored grand opening host, then-Premier John Bannon. Adelaide Casino opened its doors to the public on December 12, 1985. It was an evening of merriment and festivities, laced...
Ainsworth Game Technology is Australia’s second largest manufacturer of poker machines, right behind Aristocrat Leisure Limited; two companies that were—coincidentally—both started by pokies tycoon Len Ainsworth. In the last year, Ainsworth Game Technology has experienced a moderate decline in shares, mostly attributed to a grappling rivalry with its biggest competitor. But when one of...
The future of the Mount Beauty Country Club is looking more and more bleak with each passing week. The popular destination has been inactive since July, and if a prospective buyer isn’t found soon, the bowling club and its 19 poker machines—the only pokies found in the town of Mt Beauty—may be shut down...
In the busier districts of Queensland, the streets come to life in the wee hours of the night. But that’s not necessarily a good thing according to some members of the state government, who cite late-night, alcohol-related violence as the cause for a new proposal to restrict bar and club services after midnight. Australian...
Grab a beer, order a seafood dinner, have a bowl, catch a live show and play the pokies. There’s a lot to do at Sandhill Sports Club (formerly Bargara Bowls Club). If an application to expand the site delivered to the local council is approved, there will be a lot more to do in...
The Alliance for Gambling Reform is an Australian non-profit organization that—as the name implies—is lobbying heavily for new poker machine laws. Their ultimate goal is to have these addictive machines outlawed across the country, but they would probably settle for having the machines reprogrammed to be less addictive. Thus far, their long-standing campaign has...