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'Chilling': man's death sparks gambling reform calls

Online gambling was the direct cause of a young problem gambler taking his own life, a coroner has found while recommending a national betting watchdog.

AAP · Oct 20

Flagged for winning, inducements when losing: how betting firms watched a Melbourne man gamble $895,000 before his death at 22

Kyle Hudson joined a betting app on his 18th birthday, and lost his final, $1,300 bet on the morning of his 2021 death. A coroner wants to know if anything can be done to stop it from happening again

The Guardian - AU · May 15

Targeted promotions ‘influential’ in luring Melbourne man who gambled $895,000 back to betting apps, inquest hears

Inquest hears Kyle Hudson, who died aged 22, withdrew from betting accounts multiple times but received more than 300 inducements

The Guardian - AU · May 13

TikTok Australia expands trial of gambling advertising despite widespread criticism

Two more companies can now run ads targeting young people and women on social media platform

The Guardian - AU · May 20, 2023

Online LIV Golf bets trigger ACMA's first-ever fine for illegal in-play sports gambling

Ladbrokes and Neds blame a timing error after receiving the Australian Communications and Media Authority's first-ever fine for online in-play betting, over 78 bets during a LIV Golf event last year.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2023

Sports gambling giants Ladbrokes and Neds first to be fined under Australia’s in-play betting laws

Media authority fines owner Entain $13,200 – the maximum amount allowable – for accepting 78 illegal bets on LIV golf tournament

The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2023

Tabcorp threatens legal action against Ladbrokes and Neds over gambling deal with NSW pubs

Deal with Australian Hotels Association raises prospect of more sport betting promotions in pubs amid rising criticism of gambling operations

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2023

Ladbrokes owner faces financing probe

Entain Group, which operates popular Australian betting sites Ladbrokes and Neds, is facing an investigation under laws to tackle organised crime.

AAP · Sep 12, 2022

25% of BAME non-executive directors in NHS ‘have seen discrimination’ at work

A quarter of Black, Asian and minority ethnic NEDs tell report they have observed discrimination or experienced it themselves

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022