Far from kitchen tables and the back rooms of bars, beyond glitzy casinos and televised tournaments, poker has morphed from a fringe game to an uber-cool international lifestyle that's become a centerpiece on cruises traveling all over the world. In ...

My family had run the Streets Orphanage Appeal Sweep for St John's at Thurgoona ever since Archer won the first Melbourne Cup. Like thousands of sweeps around Australia on the first Tuesday of November, the lucky winners were pulled out of a barrel ...

A Sydney person has won $8.5 million in the Monday Lotto - the largest haul ever recorded for a single NSW resident. The mystery winner from Greystanes, in Sydney's west, came forward on Tuesday morning to claim his or her prize and asked to remain ...

The Victorians may think the Melbourne Cup is theirs, but in NSW the race is taken much more seriously – and interest is growing. Melbournians spent $39.6 million on Cup Day, but Sydneysiders forked out a staggering $56 million. And as interest ...

A SYDNEYSIDER has won $8.5 million in the Monday Lotto - the largest haul ever recorded for a single NSW resident. The mystery winner from Greystanes, in Sydney's west, came forward this morning to claim his or her prize and asked to remain anonymous ...

A leading academic has called for the establishment of Australia's first rehabilitation facility designed to tackle video game addiction. The plea by Sydney University psychiatry professor and gaming addiction expert Vladan Starcevic follows the ...

The poker machine industry is worth twelve million dollars a year and it is estimated that forty per cent of the money brought in from pokies comes from problem gamblers. To discourage young people from taking up gambling, state and territory ...

A FORMER boyfriend of British royal Princess Beatrice is returning to the United States after copping a $5000 fine for wreaking havoc on the Gold Coast. Paolo Liuzzo, 27, was arrested on the Gold Coast on September 27 after crashing an $80,000 black ...

A LEADING academic has called for the establishment of Australia's first rehabilitation facility designed to tackle video game addiction. The plea by Sydney University psychiatry professor and gaming addiction expert Vladan Starcevic follows the ...

LAS VEGAS — A 52-year-old cash game poker player has been eliminated in eighth place at the World Series of Poker main event with the best starting hand in no-limit Texas Hold ‘em. Kevin Schaffel of Coral Springs, Fla., got all his chips in with ...