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Topic: sports betting
A US PointsBet ad featuring NBA legend Allen Iverson (Image: PointsBet)

Aussie battler PointsBet creates $2 billion out of nothing by storming the US

Business

Sep 03, 2020

NRL match between the Wests Tigers and Newcastle Knights in 2019. (Image: AAP/Brendon Thorne)

The NRL is a contact sport both on and off the field. You can bet on it

Apr 22, 2020

4

(Image: AAP/Ellen Smith)

Global gambling giant delivers Ricky Ponting multimillion-dollar pay day

Business

Dec 04, 2019

James Packer (Image: AAP)

Canadian gambling giant Stars Group ploughs into Australia

Business

Mar 07, 2018

Voters want the government to go further on sports betting and strongly support compulsory vaccination, today's Essential Report finds. <b>Farz Edraki</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b> report.

Essential: voters strong on vaccination, wind farms, Aussie cars

Federal

Jun 03, 2013

4

While sports betting is increasingly controversial, outlawing its advertising and sponsorship could have dire consequences for some football clubs. Is the NRL now as addicted to gambling as the punters?

Could football survive without the gambling industry?

Advertising

May 29, 2013

6

There are at least five proposals to limit TV advertising on sports betting -- but none of them will ban Tom Waterhouse completely, writes <b>Dr Charles Livingstone</b> from Monash's School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

The proposals to limit (but not ban) sports betting ads

Australia

May 24, 2013

2

As Australia's first bookie to sponsor a football team (well, a coach, really), Richard Farmer has reason to think Tom Waterhouse's ads must be profitable. Plus other political views along the way.

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

Politics

May 24, 2013

Dire warnings on drugs in sport have been taken up by the public, with Essential Research finding high levels of concerns about drugs (and betting) in sports. But fans won't necessarily be turning off their TVs ...

Essential: ban all sports betting, says a public fed up with drugs

Federal

Feb 18, 2013

24

Gillard’s broken promise

Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

Oct 07, 2011

4

It's no wonder premiers would prefer to gag Tony Greig and Richie Benaud than do anything that might impact their AAA-credit ratings.

Last Bets: states smash sports betting but no cold turkey on pokies

Federal

Jun 28, 2011

5

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