New Zealand News - Page 12

International News Brief: The tussle for control of the Christchurch Casino is turning into a game of bluff and double bluff.

International News Brief: A fake gold keyring is all 19 year-old Xiaofan Sun has to show for winning an $18,500 jackpot at the Christchurch Casino.

International News Brief: A major fee hike for pokie machines means operators will now pay for the problems they cause, a gambling reform group says.

International News Brief: Millionaire hotelier Earl Hagaman has thrown his hat in the ring as the battle heats up for control of the Christchurch Casino.

nternational News Brief: The stakes have been raised in a boardroom battle at Christchurch Casino with a major shareholder threatening legal action to return chief executive Arthur Pitcher to the board.

International News Brief: Christchurch Casino managing director Arthur Pitcher has been stood down from the board of the company.

International News Brief: Problem gambling affects fewer people in Queenstown, New Zealand, than the rest of the country because of the `white’ nature of its community, a council official says.

International News Brief: Gaming company UNiTAB Ltd has entered a deal with Telecom New Zealand to tender for the right to monitor New Zealand's 22,500 non-casino gaming machines.

ews Brief: The number of people suspected of cheating at casinos has not changed over the past year with the majority of gamblers playing it by the rules, the Casino Control Authority says.

International News Brief: New Zealand's newest casino will open at Sky City on Friday, despite the passage into law last month of the controversial Gambling Bill which prohibits any new casinos being licensed.

International News Brief: Keith Manch, the general manager of the Department of Internal Affairs’ gaming and censorship regulation group, said organising, promoting, managing or conducting online casinos in New Zealand was illegal.

International News Brief: New Zealand casino operator Sky City Entertainment Group Ltd may yet make a bid for Perth's Burswood Casino.

International News Brief: New Zealanders may be supporting the home team All Blacks with their hearts, but they are picking South Africa with their wallets in tonight's World Cup quarter-final.

International News Brief: A gaming machines scam has spread across bars in North Island, New Zealand.

International News Brief: England have been displaced as joint favourites with New Zealand to win the Rugby World Cup after struggling to beat Samoa 35-22 on Sunday.