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	<title>Crikey &#187; gambling</title>
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		<title>How to end pokies addictions</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/the-key-to-helping-pokie-addicts-lies-in-lure-of-the-feature-20111109-1n7ar.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/the-key-to-helping-pokie-addicts-lies-in-lure-of-the-feature-20111109-1n7ar.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies mandatory pre commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former pokies addict <b>Scott Eagar</b> offers an alternative viewpoint to fighting problem gambling amongst the talk of pokies legislation and pre-commitment: kill the feature option.]]></description>
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		<title>Offended by &#8216;nanny state&#8217;, Coalition wants more censorship on gambling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/offended-by-nanny-state-coalition-wants-more-censorship-on-gambling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/offended-by-nanny-state-coalition-wants-more-censorship-on-gambling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet filtering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online gambling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition has proposed greater internet censorship as part of its counter-proposals on gambling reform. The US experience shows it doesn't work.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/offended-by-nanny-state-coalition-wants-more-censorship-on-gambling/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>When it comes to pokies, beware of who you stand with</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/when-it-comes-to-pokies-beware-of-who-you-stand-with/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/when-it-comes-to-pokies-beware-of-who-you-stand-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pokies reform appears to have shifted slightly in the government's and Andrew Wilkie's favour, mainly because opponents have overplayed their hands.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/28/when-it-comes-to-pokies-beware-of-who-you-stand-with/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>119</slash:comments>
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		<title>Meet Australia&#8217;s gambling goliath</title>
		<link>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/sport/david-attenborough</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepowerindex.com.au/sport/david-attenborough#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Attenborough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tabcorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Power Index]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=255089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're going to talk power in sport, you've got to talk gambling. And if you're going to talk gambling, then you need to address the 800-pound gorilla in the gaming room, Tabcorp. <b>Tom Cowie</b> profiles its CEO David Attenborough.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pokies lobby lets the cat out of the bag</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/pokies-lobby-lets-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/pokies-lobby-lets-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs Queensland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies mandatory pre commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of the merits of the Deutsch Bank report, the cat’s out of the bag now when it comes to the real cost of pokies reform, writes <b>Charles Livingstone</b>. 
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/10/pokies-lobby-lets-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>61</slash:comments>
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		<title>Packer gets lippy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/23/crikey-says-packer-gets-lippy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/23/crikey-says-packer-gets-lippy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Packer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Packer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Packer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian prime ministers have been bullied and brutalised by men whose name is Packer for decades.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/23/crikey-says-packer-gets-lippy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The live animal trade</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/21/the-live-animal-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/21/the-live-animal-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cattle industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clive James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meat and livestock australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Last Bets: a gambling palace through the dealer&#8217;s eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/last-bets-a-gambling-palace-through-the-dealers-eyes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/last-bets-a-gambling-palace-through-the-dealers-eyes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crown Casino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last bets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem gambling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Boozed-up punters are regular fixtures on the gaming room floor despite laws banning gambling while drunk. But dealers say training is inadequate, writes student journalist <b>Esther Ooi</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/last-bets-a-gambling-palace-through-the-dealers-eyes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Last Bets: which brand of poker machine are you?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/09/last-bets-which-brand-of-poker-machine-are-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/09/last-bets-which-brand-of-poker-machine-are-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aristocrat Leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last bets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poker machine themes play an important part in conditioning players to gamble and there are millions of dollars being invested by the big companies every year to find the next big thing. So which brand of machine suits you?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/09/last-bets-which-brand-of-poker-machine-are-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Last Bets: will changing the law fix the fixes?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/last-bets-will-changing-the-law-fix-the-fixes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/last-bets-will-changing-the-law-fix-the-fixes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Arbib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online sports betting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So Sports Minister Mark Arbib thinks nationwide 10-year jail terms for anybody involved in match fixing will solve what the <em>Sydney Morning Herald</em> described this morning as "the biggest threat to sport since doping"? Good luck.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/06/last-bets-will-changing-the-law-fix-the-fixes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carbon tax, celebrities and climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/01/carbon-tax-celebrities-and-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/01/carbon-tax-celebrities-and-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cate Blanchett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=226479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Correction: Brenden Hills, The Sunday Telegraph, writes: Re. &#8220;Tips and rumours&#8221; (yesterday, item 8). Crikey published: &#8220;The co-author of the Sunday Telegraph’s “Carbon” Cate Blanchett beat-up, Brenden Hills, is fondly remembered by Labor advisers for an amusing performance during the NSW state election campaign. Spies say Hills ventured down to Pitt Street’s Civic Hotel one [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/01/carbon-tax-celebrities-and-climate-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Law: Why Clubs Australia loves Asians</title>
		<link>http://newmatilda.com/2011/04/15/clubs-australia-knows-heartland</link>
		<comments>http://newmatilda.com/2011/04/15/clubs-australia-knows-heartland#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fellow prisoners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It's un-Australian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=218350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new <a href="http://its-unaustralian.com.au/">"It's un-Australian"</a> campaign website funded by Clubs Australia to fight pokies laws comes translated in Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean. Why are Asian communities so caught up in gambling and will this campaign slow it down? <b>Benjamin Law</b> investigates.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newmatilda.com/2011/04/15/clubs-australia-knows-heartland/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The science of pokies make them a special kind of harm creation</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/03/the-science-of-pokies-make-them-a-special-kind-of-harm-creation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/03/the-science-of-pokies-make-them-a-special-kind-of-harm-creation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=169520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pokies and the large networked system within which they operate are extremely effective at modifying what sociologists call the ‘agency’ of many people, affecting the basis on which they utilise their rational capacity, writes <b>Charles Livingstone</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/03/the-science-of-pokies-make-them-a-special-kind-of-harm-creation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wilkie, the pokies and the need to Do Something</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/31/wilkie-and-the-pokies-the-deep-seated-need-to-do-something/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/31/wilkie-and-the-pokies-the-deep-seated-need-to-do-something/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=168565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not for Andrew Wilkie: this business of establishing the Government's fiscal position and identifying the impact of election commitments on the Budget before entering substantive negotiations with the major parties.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/31/wilkie-and-the-pokies-the-deep-seated-need-to-do-something/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>65</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to fix a World Cup match</title>
		<link>http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/SPORT/705189915/1678</link>
		<comments>http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/SPORT/705189915/1678#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 03:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soccer™]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Cup 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soccer (or "football" to you purists) is rife with match fixing, and author Declan Hill has put his life at risk exposing it. He explains how the games are rigged and why the World Cup is a fertile field for bribery and buy-outs to flourish. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hit me! Why nearly winning is just as addictive</title>
		<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/237727</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsweek.com/id/237727#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 01:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[neuroscience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem gambling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's much harder to walk away from the pokies when you only <em>just</em> miss out, because near-misses raise activity in the same area of the brain as winning. And pokie machine makers know it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>AFL betting &#8230; and a sledgehammer to crush walnuts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/06/afl-betting-and-a-sledgehammer-to-crush-walnuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/06/afl-betting-and-a-sledgehammer-to-crush-walnuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 03:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Happell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The AFL again has reached for its sledgehammer in handing out hefty penalties to six AFL figures caught betting on matches. Perhaps the League should save the leg-irons and manacles for the time they catch out some <em>real</em> crooks.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/06/afl-betting-and-a-sledgehammer-to-crush-walnuts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lotto promotion has Anzac Day by the balls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/23/lotto-promotion-has-anzac-day-by-the-balls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/23/lotto-promotion-has-anzac-day-by-the-balls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZAC Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaming industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oz lotto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RSL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anzac Day has been sold out by the NSW Lotteries with a "Marching On" OZ Lotto promotion -- and the RSL says it's "perfectly legal".]]></description>
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		<title>Betting Market Friday: Bookies go to sleep, Sportsbet goes berko</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/03/12/betting-market-friday-6/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/03/12/betting-market-friday-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Betting Market Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political betting odds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was no change to the Federal Election betting odds for <em>either</em> party from Centerbet, IASbet or Sportingbet this week -- but Sportsbet's odds on a Coalition victory suddenly jumped from $3.80 to a whopping $4.70, reports <b>Possum Comitatus</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Betting Market Friday: Coalition drops under $4</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/02/19/betting-market-friday-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/02/19/betting-market-friday-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Possum Comitatus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Betting Market Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/19/betting-market-friday-coalition-drops-under-4/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost all of Australia's betting agencies have shortened their odds on the Coalition winning the next election this week, reports <b>Possum Comitatus</b>, with most now running below $4]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Taking a punt on the polls</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/02/05/betting-market-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/02/05/betting-market-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wonky]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em>'s <em>Pollytics</em> blog launches a new weekly feature: Betting Market Friday, doing nerdy number things with the federal election prices from Centrebet, IASbet, Sportingbet and Betfair.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Online poker: where everyone&#8217;s a loser</title>
		<link>http://futurity.org/society-culture/online-poker-more-you-win-more-you-lose/</link>
		<comments>http://futurity.org/society-culture/online-poker-more-you-win-more-you-lose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A study of online poker games has found that the more hands a player wins, the less money they're likely to take home. Sociologists explain why.]]></description>
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		<title>Leave pokies alone!</title>
		<link>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9757</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9757#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vcat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=102521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pokie machines and the venues that operate them have been coming under heavy fire from the media, VCAT and the Productivity Commission lately. But why should bureaucrats and pundits get to dictate how Australians spend their leisure dollars? asks <b>Richard Allsop</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taking a punt on Liberal leadership</title>
		<link>http://mumble.com.au/?p=986</link>
		<comments>http://mumble.com.au/?p=986#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sportingbet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sportingbet odds between Malcolm Turnbull and Joe Hockey leading the Libs to the next Federal Election have narrowed today, with Turnbull moving up to $2.25 from $2.00, while Hockey sits on $2.35. Paying out at $4.25, Tony Abbott might just be worth a tipple.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>With Roger Corbett, it’s a question of character</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/with-roger-corbett-it%e2%80%99s-a-question-of-character/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/with-roger-corbett-it%e2%80%99s-a-question-of-character/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Mathieson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairfax media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roger corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Salvation Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/09/with-roger-corbett-it%e2%80%99s-a-question-of-character/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Corbett’s Christian values didn’t appear to count for much when the opportunity presented for Woolies to leap into the pokies business. Why is the anti-gambling Salvation Army associated with someone who actively supports pokies?]]></description>
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