Monthly Archive: February 2011

  • clubs to become mini-casinos?

    clubs to become mini-casinos?

    Something is rotten in the state of New South Wales. I’m not talking about the government, or the impending election; I’m not even talking...

  • anthony ball – foot in mouth

    anthony ball – foot in mouth

    He actually did it. You know, I honestly thought for a moment that this might have been a beat-up by The Australian, but no....

  • clubs australia get it badly wrong… again

    clubs australia get it badly wrong… again

    One of my regular readers emailed me recently to ask me my thoughts on this article from Friday’s edition of The Australian. The gist...

  • EPIC – enough pokies in castlemaine

    EPIC – enough pokies in castlemaine

    One of the problems with writing a blog like cyenne on my own time is that no matter how hard I try to cover...

  • gambling reform a waste of time? spare me!

    gambling reform a waste of time? spare me!

    I’ve noticed a disturbing trend these past six months or so. I make no bones about the fact that this blog concentrates mainly on...

  • there’s something wrong in ballarat

    there’s something wrong in ballarat

    A few months ago, I wrote about the Ballarat Lodge. More specifically, I wrote about their application to the Ballarat City Council for permission...

  • russell crowe, the rabbitohs and star city casino

    russell crowe, the rabbitohs and star city casino

    There was a man called Russell Crowe He saved South Sydney Rabbitohs He said the pokies had to go But he didn’t mean casinos…...