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  • jan juc – the fight continues

    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...

  • pokies vs the pension part II – the truth

    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...

  • this is who i am

    this is who i am

    It’s been some months since I started cyenne.com, and much has changed in that time. Not just on the gambling scene, what with the...

  • pokies vs the pension

    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...

  • ballarat lodge – a near miss

    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...

  • talking about pokies on twitter

    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...

  • pokie-free pubs in victoria

    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...

  • money laundering at the pokies – part two

    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...

  • truly tragic

    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...

  • a letter from peter newell – the lies continue

    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...

  • sneaky bastards file – tattersalls and the mail exchange hotel

    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...

  • a letter from the clubs

    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....

  • no pokies for jan juc

    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...

  • money laundering at the pokies? get your facts straight!

    money laundering at the pokies? get your facts straight!

    Lost amongst the deluge of “fingerprinting” stories in the press over the last couple of days, this story appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald....