Regular visitors to cyenne.com would have noticed that I occasionally move things around a little, looking for the best way to present the site...
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November 8, 2010
Category: discussion
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what is pre-commitment technology?
Over the past month, since Julia Gillard and Andrew Wilkie shook hands and the prospect of a minority Labor government became that much more...
November 7, 2010 -
jan juc – the fight continues
About a month ago, on 4th October, the VCGR handed down a landmark decision. After a lengthy application and assessment process, they rejected an...
November 6, 2010 -
pokies vs the pension part II – the truth
Yesterday, I wrote about a potentially disturbing development that had been raised in newspaper articles in the SMH and the Port Macquarie News. The...
November 4, 2010 -
pokies vs the pension
There’s been a disturbing development in the ongoing debate surrounding pre-commitment technology for poker machines. In case you missed it, the Federal government has...
November 3, 2010 -
ballarat lodge – a near miss
A few weeks ago, on 13 October, Ballarat City Council held one of their regular ordinary council meetings. One of the items on the...
November 3, 2010 -
talking about pokies on twitter
As you may or may not know, cyenne.com has a presence on Twitter. It should be fairly obvious, considering the big “follow me on...
November 1, 2010 -
pokie-free pubs in victoria
The original “pokie-free pubs in Victoria” list was tremendously popular. It has recently been updated and can now be found here: Pokie-free pubs in...
October 28, 2010 -
xenophon’s speech to the gaming executive summit
With the AFL season behind us, Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium has become available for other uses. One of these took place recently when the Gaming...
October 23, 2010 -
money laundering at the pokies – part two
Back on the 1st of October, 2010, the Sydney Morning Herald published an article by Vanda Carson about the practice of using poker machines...
October 21, 2010 -
truly tragic
It doesn’t feel right, to be writing about this in a blog. But some things need to be said, whether you want to broach...
October 18, 2010 -
a letter from peter newell – the lies continue
A regular reader contacted me recently to alert me to a letter she’d come across in the Shoalhaven ExServicemens Club newsletter. This letter, tucked...
October 15, 2010 -
sneaky bastards file – tattersalls and the mail exchange hotel
When I’m not playing with my kids, or blogging about gambling shenanigans, I work in Melbourne’s CBD. My trip to work takes me to...
October 14, 2010 -
a letter from the clubs
It’s been a little quiet on the news front over the past few days, especially after the club-driven frenzy over fingerprinting and pre-commitment technology....
October 13, 2010 -
no pokies for jan juc
The little town of Jan Juc on Victoria’s surf coast is a quiet place for much of the year. There aren’t many people, and...
October 4, 2010
