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MYSTERIOUS: Sportsbet - What They Never Told You

Sportsbet accused of pushing man to lose $2.5 million

Being coached on avoiding scrutiny for his excessive gambling to the point of losing his family is an example of a betting giant breaking the law, a man says.

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'Over the top': PM urges gambling inducement crackdown

The prime minister has urged for a curtailing of inducements that keep people gambling online, arguing it feeds addictions.

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Labor MPs urge Albanese to go harder on gambling reform amid illicit drug and sex worker allegations

Louise Miller-Frost and Alicia Payne have vowed to push for further action after evidence from Sportsbet and Tabcorp this week

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Afternoon Update: betting giants deny drug and sex worker allegations at inquiry; Alan Jones trial continues; and going down with the ship

Sportsbet and Tabcorp say there is no evidence to substantiate claims made by anti-gambling campaigners

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Sportsbet and Tabcorp deny allegations they sourced drugs and sex workers to encourage VIP clients to bet more

Betting firms respond to claims made by anti-gambling campaigners Tim Costello and Luke Bateman at parliamentary inquiry

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Betting firms shift blame to parents, other platforms

Children being exposed to gambling advertisements and allegations of predatory inducements have been dismissed by major betting companies.

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Escorts, drugs: big-spending gamblers' inducements

Gambling reform advocates have issued a plea to the government to stamp out the predatory behaviour of major betting companies.

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Luke Bateman tells inquiry gambling companies supplied him with cocaine and alcohol

Former rugby league player turned TikTok influencer tells parliamentary inquiry his spiralling addiction to gambling cost him about $1m

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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

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Hardwick blasts gambling criticism, deflects to AFL

Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick has slammed criticism of the club's links with the gambling industry, saying conflicts of interest exist everywhere in the AFL.

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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

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Bookmaker subject to AFL integrity unit probe continues in role for Gold Coast Suns

A disgraced bookmaker continues to work inside the Gold Coast Suns’ dressing room even while he is subject to an AFL integrity unit investigation

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Betting account on 18th birthday, dead at 22: inquest probes death of Melbourne man who gambled $895,000

Coroner examines circumstances that led to 2021 death of Werribee man Kyle Hudson, who held multiple betting accounts

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Change in Sportsbet policy engulfs AFL identities amid scrutiny of gambling links

A subtle tweak of policy by Sportsbet has embroiled a three-time premiership captain and an emerging female voice who judged last year’s Norm Smith medal

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AFL umpire ends betting agency role after tribunal case

Sportsbet have announced they will no longer feature current sports administrators or officials in their programming "following feedback".

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Barking dogs and a real estate agent: how a farcical AFL tribunal could prompt change

From start to finish, the high farce of the umpire abuse case against Zak Butters may force the league to confront two serious problems

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We cannot celebrate tinkering when it comes to gambling reform. Labor’s response falls tragically short

What the Albanese government is proposing is not evidence-based, and it will not reverse the normalisation of gambling among young people

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‘Inhaled with my groin’: The Australian’s Wuthering Heights review makes a splash

Reviewer Nikki Gemmell gives an enthusiastic five stars, meanwhile job cuts at the Oz are starting to show. Plus: Asio’s email fail

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Australia’s heaviest betters undeterred by key gambling reform, research shows

Exclusive: Report finds ban on credit card use for online wagering results in most gamblers switching to transaction account payments

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Gambling lobby floats ad limit as uncertainty lingers

Betting companies are searching for a middle ground on gambling advertising reform as the communications minister weighs up a response to a landmark inquiry.

The Guardian - AU

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry

Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry

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‘Time is running out’: Sportsbet offered share of $1m in bonus bets if customers gambled on AFL grand final day

Online bookmaker’s offer, one of a series texted during finals, was valid only if customer took up a suggested same-game multi bet

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Sportsbet advertises multi-bets on AFL website after pulling TV ads due to ‘community sentiment’

Ads encouraging sport fans to ‘bet now’ do not breach any rules but gambling reform advocates say it shows industry attempts to self-regulate have failed

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The ways gambling companies induce people to bet more than they otherwise would are being questioned, along with the opaque nature of promotions.

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Afternoon Update: PM says Trump’s tariffs ‘unjustified’; court rejects appeal in landmark Yunupingu case; and 100 days with an artificial heart

Anthony Albanese says the US decision to slap tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium is ‘not a friendly act’

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