Australia Archive

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...

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...

I’m not the cynical type, and would never wish jail time on anyone but the most deplorable of criminals as the holidays approach. But I do like to believe that, sometimes, things do happen for a reason. With that said, 21 year old Tyler Burns of East Nowra, who told authorities he was homeless...

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...

Echo Entertainment is the owner of two Queensland-based gambling resorts, Jupiter Casino in Gold Coast and Treasury Casino in Brisbane. Recent changes to the way poker machines are delivered to players have increased pokies wins for operators across the state, but according to UBS research analysts David Fabris, Echo stands to reap a majority...

Let’s be fair – we all love a good go on the pokies now and again. Enjoyment and responsibility are the keys to success for any Aussie when spinning the reels. But one Parramatta real estate director let her love of poker machines go too far when she began stealing money from the company’s...