The report from the Queensland inquiry comes a month after the report by the NSW gaming regulator found Star had repeatedly breached the law, misled banks and was infiltrated by criminal elements for years (pictured, Star Casino in Sydney) 

Absolut vodka has backed a charity fighting against sexual violence and pop star Ellie Goulding’s new alcoholic drink, Served, posted on social media about donating revenue to a charity campaigning against female homelessness.

Yet how feminist is it for an alcohol brand to support an end to sexual violence, when 39 per cent of victims of rape or assault say they were under the influence of alcohol?

Australia’s gambling industry has been in the spotlight in recent years, with public inquiries lashing its biggest casino operators due to lapses in money laundering protections.

Online gambling has also been the focus of inquiries, but with its increasing prevalence, the government has answered consumer advocates with a pledge to take a deeper look.

As I entered middle age, I swallowed this sales pitch unthinkingly to legitimise my drinking and most women still do. (‘Aren’t you worried you’ll lose all your friends?’ and ‘How do you deal with stress if you don’t drink?’ are two of the most common questions I’m asked since quitting.)

As lockdowns made a crime of many forms of socialising, gambling became more attractive among «socially isolated or bored» young men, said Rebecca Jenkinson, executive manager of the Australian Gambling Research Centre.

So should Facebook allow it? Alcohol is a drug that causes seven types of cancer and is set to cost the NHS £5.2 billion over the next 20 years. Facebook bans tobacco advertising and gambling adverts are only allowed with written permission from the company.

Yet the account remains after I reported it — twice — to Facebook on the grounds that, as a business page, it hasn’t completed its verification process and does not say who it is run by. There are plenty of similar groups, whose creators are also often unknown.

Senior management admitted junket operator Suncity continued operating inside Star despite a Hong Kong Jockey Club report in 2019 linking the group to triads, ‘large scale’ money laundering and drug trafficking.

He later blamed a poor culture at the casino for its failure to clamp down on money laundering and misleading banks and the regulator, revealing he personally green-lit an $11million line of credit to a high roller and okayed illegal lending.

‘We’ll make an assessment from [the CCTV] but, obviously, we’re on the back foot from the beginning because we didn’t have the initial complaint at the time it occurred, which would have been my preference,’ he said. 

Star managing director Matt Beiker resigned inside the third week of hearings after an auditor said he’d been berated by the casino boss for reporting the organisation was not doing enough to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.

‘Plus, what would the international bodies, Uefa and Fifa, have to say about it — would they stand by and happily allow another outside regulator with no knowledge of the game to set rules they are supposed to ultimately govern? I doubt it.’

It targets its 85 per cent female audience by promoting wine as an empowering substance that deepens friendships and boosts confidence. Downsides, from hangovers to blackouts, are all part of the humorous draw.

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Brady’s article came after Labour Party Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said she had plans to create a new football regulator, which the columnist rubbished, claiming it would be like ‘Ofsted for football’ and that the FA does that job already.

Gamblers’ loss on Pkv Poker machines was A$11.4 billion in 2021, shrinking A$1.1 billion or 17% from 2019, the year before lockdowns began, showed data from Monash University’s School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine.

That struck a nerve with Neville, who has been a proponent of the reforms in the past, more recently expressing his concern at the Labour Party conference on the government’s proposals to shelve the regulator. 

Star Entertainment could have its gaming licences torn up at two of its Queensland Casinos with an inquiry set to hand down a damning report on Thursday alleging money laundering, tax fraud and offering gifts for suspected criminals.

Mr Gotterson has recommended casinos introduce gambling cards with a person’s identity as well as $1000 cash transaction limits to reduce the likelihood of money laundering and to help gambling addicts.

Musk has said he would finance the deal with his own cash, co-investors and bank financing. But rising interest rates and economic uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine make such deals more costly for lenders.