Hey Reddit guys and girls. Looking for the best online casino in Australia, go!
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Yeah, just wondering if there even are any good online casinos left in Australia because I haven’t been able to find one since the laws changed! The one I used to use (can’t even remember its name and this was a few years ago) doesn’t even exist anymore!

Team has been involved in a substantial number of the digital media, sports, entertainment, leisure and gaming industries’ most significant merger and acquisition transactions, holding key positions at, and transacting with Scientific Games Corp, Inspired Gaming Group, FOX Bets, Ocean Casino Resort, Resorts International Holdings, PokerStars, DraftKings, Mohegan Sun, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Harrah’s Entertainment, Tropicana Entertainment, Inc., TSG/Sky Betting & Gaming, Facebook, Inc, Wynn Resorts, Dubai World/MGM Resorts
Here's all the Bios. These guys are stellar! TEKK closed at $10.30 today. Still cheap!
If you don't like to read... you don't like to make money!!!!
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Matthew Davey — Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Davey has over 25 years of experience within the digital media, sports, entertainment, leisure and gaming ecosystems, as well as experience in the public sector. He is an experienced public company executive officer and board member. He has served in executive management positions across the gaming technology arena. Over the course of Mr. Davey’s career, he oversaw more than ten mergers and acquisitions and over $1.2 billion in debt and equity capital raised to support the companies he has led.
Most recently, Mr. Davey was Chief Executive Officer of SG Digital, the Digital Division of Scientific Games Corp. (“Scientific Games”) (Nasdaq: SGMS). SG Digital was established following the purchase by Scientific Games of NYX Gaming Group Limited (“NYX”) (formerly TSXV: NYX), where Mr. Davey served as Chief Executive Officer and Director. The NYX acquisition provided Scientific Games with a vehicle to significantly accelerate the scale and breadth of its existing digital gaming business, including the strategic expansion into sports betting. In his capacity as Chief Executive Officer of NYX, Mr. Davey developed and implemented a corporate strategy that generated strong revenue growth. Mr. Davey shaped company strategy to focus on digital gaming supplier platforms and content that provided various gaming operators with the underlying gaming and sports betting systems for their online gaming business. In 2014, Mr. Davey oversaw the initial public offering of NYX, and his experience in the digital media, sports, entertainment, leisure and gaming industries helped NYX recognize momentum as a public company. After the public offering, from 2014 to 2018, Mr. Davey oversaw seven acquisitions which helped establish NYX as one of the fastest growing global B2B real-money digital gaming and sports betting platforms. These acquisitions included:
• OpenBet: In 2016, NYX completed the $385 million acquisition of OpenBet. This was one of the more complex and transformative acquisitions that Mr. Davey oversaw at NYX. Through securing co-investments from William Hill (LSE: WMH), Sky Betting & Gaming and The Stars Group (formerly Nasdaq: TSG, TSX: TSGI), Mr. Davey was able to get the acquisition from Vitruvian Partners completed successfully, winning the deal against much larger and well capitalized competitors. By combining two established and proven B2B betting and gaming suppliers, NYX was well positioned to provide customers with exciting player-driven solutions across all major product verticals and distribution channels. This allowed NYX to become the leading B2B omni-channel sportsbook platform in the market and the supplier to over 300 gaming operators globally with an extensive library of desktop and mobile game titles, including more than 700 on NYX platforms and more than 2,000 on the OpenBet platform.
• Cryptologic/Chartwell: In 2015, NYX completed the $119 million acquisition of Cryptologic and Chartwell. The acquisition provided NYX with more than 400 titles of additional leading gaming content, a broader customer base, and direct exposure to PokerStars and Intercasino, part of the Gamesys Group (LSE: GYS) — two of the world’s largest online casino offerings.
• OnGame: In 2014, NYX completed the distressed acquisition of OnGame, a premier poker content, platform and service provider. This acquisition provided NYX with one of the best poker products in the industry, access to several regulated jurisdictions, and a valuable talent pool that was instrumental in the growth of NYX. The addition of OnGame further established a path for NYX to continue its growth in both European and U.S. markets.
These acquisitions, together with meaningful organic growth, increased NYX’s revenue from $24 million in 2014 to $184 million annualized in 2017. During that time, Mr. Davey helped build NYX to have over 200 customers in the global gaming industry and a team of 1,000 employees. Mr. Davey’s success at NYX ultimately led to its sale to Scientific Games for $631 million in 2018.
Mr. Davey joined Next Gen Gaming, the predecessor to NYX, in 2000 as the Vice President of Technology, was appointed as Executive Director in 2003 and named Chief Executive Officer in 2005. Prior to that, he was the Senior Consultant for Access Systems, a company that specializes in the provision of back-end software for licensed online casinos. Prior to joining Access, Mr. Davey worked for the Northern Territory Government specializing in matters pertaining to the internet and e-commerce along with roles in the Department of Racing and Gaming. Mr. Davey received a Bachelor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Northern Territory University, Australia (also known as Charles Darwin University).
Robin Chhabra — President
Mr. Chhabra has been at the forefront of corporate acquisition activity within the digital gaming landscape for over a decade. His prior experience includes leading corporate strategy, M&A, and business development at two of the global leaders in the digital gaming industry, The Stars Group (“TSG”) and William Hill, and a leading supplier, Inspired Gaming Group (Nasdaq: INSE). Mr. Chhabra served on the Group Executive Committees of each of these companies. From 2017 to May 2020, Mr. Chhabra served as Chief Corporate Development Officer at TSG and, from 2019 to August 2020, he also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Fox Bet, a leading U.S. online gaming business which is the product of a landmark partnership between TSG and FOX Sports, a transaction which he led. During that period, Mr. Chhabra led several transactions which transformed TSG into the largest publicly listed online gambling operator in the world by both revenue and market capitalization and one of the most diversified from a product and geographic perspective with revenues of over $2.5 billion. Mr. Chhabra’s M&A experience is extensive and covers multiple global geographies across the digital gaming value chain and includes the following:
• TSG/Flutter Entertainment Merger: In 2019, Mr. Chhabra led the TSG M&A team that was responsible for TSG’s $12.2 billion merger with Flutter Entertainment (LSE: FLTR). The merger between TSG and Flutter Entertainment is the largest transaction in the digital gaming industry to date. The combination created the largest publicly listed online gaming company with approximately 13 million active customers and leading product offerings, which include sports betting, online casino, fantasy sports and poker. The combined entity includes some of the world’s most iconic digital gaming brands such as Fanduel, Fox Bet, Sky Bet, PaddyPower, Betfair, PokerStars and SportsBet. TSG/Flutter Entertainment is one of the most geographically diverse digital gaming and media companies with leading positions in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Germany and Georgia.
• TSG/Sky Betting and Gaming (“SBG”): In 2018, Mr. Chhabra led the acquisition of SBG from CVC Capital Partners and Sky plc, Europe’s largest media company, in a transaction valued at $4.7 billion. At the time of the acquisition SBG was the largest mobile gambling operator in the United Kingdom and one of the fastest growing of the major operators having doubled its online market share in three years. The acquisition of SBG provided TSG with (a) greater revenue diversification, significantly enhanced expertise and exposure to sports betting just ahead of the judicial overturn of The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) by the U.S. Supreme Court, (b) a leading position within the United Kingdom, the world’s largest regulated online gaming market, (c) improved products and technology as a result of the addition of SBG’s innovative casino and sports book offerings and a portfolio of popular mobile apps, and (d) expertise in deeply integrating sports betting with leading sports media companies, positioning TSG to create more engaging content, deliver faster growth and decrease customer acquisition costs.
• William Hill (LSE: WMH): At William Hill, from 2010 to 2017, Mr. Chhabra served as Group Director of Strategy and Corporate Development where he led several transactions which contributed to William Hill’s transformation from a land-based gambling operator in the United Kingdom to a leading online-led international business. Mr. Chhabra led William Hill’s entry into the U.S. sports betting and online lottery markets with the acquisition of four businesses, including the simultaneous acquisitions of three U.S. sportsbooks, Cal Neva, American Wagering and Brandywine Bookmaking, in 2011 for an aggregate purchase price of $55 million. These businesses ultimately led William Hill to achieve a leading position in the U.S. sports betting market with a market share of 24% in 2019. Additionally, Mr. Chhabra played a key role in structuring William Hill’s successful joint venture with PlayTech Plc (LSE: PTEC) in 2008. The combined entity created one of the largest online gambling businesses in Europe at the time of its formation and led to William Hill’s buyout of Playtech’s interest for $637 million in 2013. Prior to the transaction, William Hill had struggled in its attempt to establish a strong online gaming platform and a meaningful presence outside the United Kingdom.
Mr. Chhabra has also successfully completed four transactions worth over $1.2 billion in Australia, the world’s second largest regulated online gambling market, and various partnerships in Asia. Additionally, he completed several technology and media related transactions, including William Hill’s investment in NYX, where he worked with Mr. Davey on NYX’s transformational acquisition of OpenBet.
Prior to working in the gaming sector, Mr. Chhabra was an equities analyst and a management consultant. Mr. Chhabra received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Eric Matejevich — Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Matejevich is a seasoned gaming executive with extensive experience in both the online gaming and traditional casino industries. From February to August 2019, he served as Trustee and Interim-Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Casino Resort (“Ocean”) (formerly Revel Casino, which had a construction cost of $2.4 billion) in Atlantic City, where he successfully led the management team through an ownership change and operational turnaround effort. Over the course of seven months, Mr. Matejevich managed to reduce the property’s weekly cash burn of $1.5 million to an annualized cash flow run rate in excess of $20 million.
Prior to Ocean, from 2016 to 2018, Mr. Matejevich served as the Chief Financial Officer of NYX. At NYX, he focused his efforts on integrating the company’s many acquisitions and multiple debt refinancings to simplify its capital structure and provided liquidity for growth initiatives. Additionally, Mr. Matejevich was instrumental to the executive team that sold NYX to Scientific Games for $631 million.
Prior to NYX, from 2004 to 2014, Mr. Matejevich was the Chief Financial Officer of Resorts International Holdings and later, from 2011, also the Chief Operating Officer of the Atlantic Club Casino, a property under the Resorts International Holdings umbrella — a Colony Capital (NYSE: CLNY) entity. As Chief Financial Officer, he provided managerial oversight for all finance functions for a six-property casino company with annual gaming revenue exceeding $1.3 billion, 10,000 gaming positions, 7,000 hotel rooms and over 11,000 staff members during his tenure. Mr. Matejevich led the transition effort to integrate a four-casino, $1.3 billion acquisition from Harrah’s Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment (Nasdaq: CZR). As Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic Club, he lobbied for and was successful in obtaining the first internet gaming legislation passed in the United States. The Atlantic Club was the sole New Jersey casino proponent of the legislation.
Prior to serving in various gaming positions, Mr. Matejevich was a Vice President of High Yield Research for Merrill Lynch, where he managed the corporate bond research effort for the gaming and leisure sectors and marketed high yield and other debt transactions totaling $4.8 billion. Mr. Matejevich received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.
Our Board of Directors
Morris Bailey — Chairman
Over the past 10 years, Mr. Bailey has been a leader in turning around Atlantic City, as well as being among the first gaming executives to embrace online gaming and sports betting in the United States. In his efforts, Mr. Bailey partnered with two of the largest digital gaming companies in the world, PokerStars, part of the Stars Group, and DraftKings (Nasdaq: DKNG). In 2010, Mr. Bailey bought Resorts Atlantic City (“Resorts”) and initiated a comprehensive renovation which allowed for the property to be rebranded and repositioned. In 2012, Mr. Bailey signed an agreement with Mohegan Sun to manage the day-to-day operations of the casino. In addition to Mohegan Sun’s operational expertise and ability to reduce costs via economies of scale, Resorts gained access to their robust customer database. Soon thereafter, Mr. Bailey and his team focused on bringing online gaming to the property. In 2015, Resorts established a platform to engage in online gaming by partnering with PokerStars, now part of the $24 billion Flutter Entertainment, PLC (LSE: FLTR), to operate an online poker room in Atlantic City. In 2018, Resorts announced deals with DraftKings and SBTech to open a sportsbook on-property and online. For 2020 year-to-date, Resorts has performed in the top quartile in internet gross gaming revenue in New Jersey. Mr. Bailey’s efforts in New Jersey helped set the framework for expansion of online sports and gaming throughout the United States.
In addition to his gaming interests, Mr. Bailey has over 50 years of experience in all facets of real estate development, asset M&A, capital markets and operations and is the founder, Chief Executive Officer and Principal of JEMB Realty, a leading real estate development, investment and management organization. Mr. Bailey has notable investment experience within the energy, finance and telecommunications sectors through investments in the Astoria Energy Plant, Basis Investment Group and Xentris Wireless.
Tony Rodio — Director Nominee
Mr. Rodio has nearly four decades of experience in the gaming industry. Most recently, Mr. Rodio served as the Chief Executive Officer and director of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (“Caesars”) (Nasdaq: CZR), one of the world’s most diversified casino-entertainment providers and the most geographically diverse U.S. casino-entertainment company, from April 2019 until its acquisition by Eldorado Resorts, Inc. in July 2020. Mr. Rodio led Caesars through its $17.3 billion merger with Eldorado Resorts, one of the largest transactions in the gaming industry to date. Additionally, Mr. Rodio was instrumental to Caesars’ expansion into the digital gaming industry and oversaw the implementation of new digital segments such as its Scientific Games powered retail sportsbook solution that now operates in various states throughout the U.S. From October 2018 to May 2019, Mr. Rodio served as Chief Executive Officer of Affinity Gaming. Prior to Affinity Gaming, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Tropicana Entertainment, Inc. (“Tropicana”) for over seven years, where he was responsible for the operation of eight casino properties in seven different jurisdictions. During his time at Tropicana, Mr. Rodio oversaw a period of unprecedented growth at the company, improving overall financial results with net revenue that increased more than 50% driven by both operational improvements and expansion across regional markets. Mr. Rodio led major capital projects, including the complete renovation of Tropicana Atlantic City and Tropicana’s move to land-based operations in Evansville, Indiana. Each of these initiatives, among others, generated substantial value for Tropicana. Ultimately, Mr. Rodio’s efforts at Tropicana led to its sale to Eldorado Resorts in 2018 for $1.85 billion. Prior to Tropicana, Mr. Rodio held a succession of executive positions in Atlantic City for casino brands, including Trump Marina Hotel Casino, Harrah’s Entertainment (predecessor to Caesars), the Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort and Penn National Gaming. He has also served as a director of several professional and charitable organizations, including Atlantic City Alliance, United Way of Atlantic County, the Casino Associations of New Jersey and Indiana, AtlantiCare Charitable Foundation and the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming Hospitality & Tourism. Mr. Rodio brings extensive knowledge of and experience in the gaming industry, operational expertise, and a demonstrated ability to effectively design and implement company strategy. Mr. Rodio received a Bachelor of Science from Rider University and a Master of Business Administration from Monmouth University.
Marlon Goldstein — Director Nominee
Mr. Goldstein is a licensed attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in the gaming space. He joined The Stars Group (Nasdaq: TSG)(TSX: TSGI) in January 2014 as its Executive Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary until his retirement from the company in July 2020 following the merger of TSG with Flutter Entertainment, PLC (LSE: FLTR). Mr. Goldstein also previously served as the Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and General Counsel of TSG. Mr. Goldstein was also the senior TSG executive based in the United States and was one of the primary architects of TSG’s strategic vision for its U.S.-facing business. During his tenure, TSG grew from an approximately $500 million market-cap company to an approximately $7 billion market-cap company through a combination of organic growth and strategic mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Goldstein participated in numerous M&A transactions and capital markets offerings at TSG, including several transformational transactions in the digital gaming industry. Notable transactions in which Mr. Goldstein was involved include:
• TSG/Flutter Merger: In 2019, TSG merged with Flutter for a $12.2 billion transaction value, the largest transaction in the digital gaming industry to date.
• TSG/Fox Bet Partnership: In 2019, TSG entered into a partnership with FOX Sports to create FOX Bet in the U.S., a leading U.S. online gaming business. Wall Street Research estimates an approximate $1.1 billion valuation for Fox Bet post-partnership with The Stars Group.
• TSG/Sky Betting & Gaming: In 2018, TSG acquired Sky Betting & Gaming, the largest mobile gambling operator in the United Kingdom at the time, for $4.7 billion.
• TSG/CrownBet and William Hill: In 2018, TSG simultaneously acquired CrownBet and William Hill, two Australian operators, for a total of $621 million in a multi-part transaction.
• TSG/PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker: In 2014, TSG acquired The Rational Group, which operated PokerStars and Full Tilt and was the world’s largest poker business, for $4.9 billion.
Through his ability to legally structure large and complex transactions, Mr. Goldstein was integral to TSG’s vision of becoming a full-service online gaming company. Additionally, he assisted in structuring TSG’s capital markets activity, which generated liquidity for acquisitions and strengthened its balance sheet.
Prior to joining TSG, Mr. Goldstein was a principal shareholder in the corporate and securities practice at the international law firm of Greenberg Traurig P.A., where he practiced for almost 13 years. Mr. Goldstein’s practice focused on corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and financing transactions. Additionally, Mr. Goldstein was the founder and co-chair of the firm’s Gaming Practice, a multi-disciplinary team of attorneys representing owners, operators and developers of gaming facilities, manufacturers and suppliers of gaming devices, investment banks and lenders in financing transactions, and Indian tribes in the development and financing of gaming facilities.
Mr. Goldstein brings experience and insight that we believe will be valuable to a potential initial business combination target business. Mr. Goldstein received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from Emory University and a Juris Doctorate with highest honors from the University of Florida, College of Law.
Sean Ryan — Director Nominee
Mr. Ryan is a digital media and technology operator with extensive global experience in online payments, e-commerce, marketplaces, mobile ad networks, digital games, enterprise collaboration platforms, blockchain, real money gaming and online music. Since 2014, Mr. Ryan has been serving as Vice President of Business Platform Partnerships at Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) (Nasdaq: FB), where he leads a more than 500 person global organization that manages the Payments, Commerce, Novi/Blockhain, Workplace and Audience Network businesses. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ryan was hired in 2011 as the Director of Games Partnerships to lead and grow the global Games business at Facebook. While the Director of Games Partnerships, Mr. Ryan focused on re-shaping Facebook’s games and monetization strategies to derive more value for Facebook, its users and its partners, including the addition of a Real Money Gaming offering in regulated markets. Mr. Ryan’s team helped accelerate a major trend in engagement through cross-platform games and therefore the opportunity to increase users through establishing games on multiple platforms. Prior to joining Facebook, Mr. Ryan created the new social and mobile games division at News Corp, an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by Rupert Murdoch. While at News Corp, Mr. Ryan led the acquisition of Making Fun, a San Francisco social-game start-up, that created News Corp’s games publishing division.
Before joining News Corp., Mr. Ryan founded multiple digital businesses such as Twofish, Meez, Open Wager and SingShot Media. Mr. Ryan co-founded Twofish in 2009, a virtual goods and services platform that provided developers with data analytics and insights for individual application’s digital economies. Twofish was later sold to online payments provider Live Gamer, where Mr. Ryan served on the board of directors. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Ryan founded and led Meez.com, a social entertainment service combining avatars, web games and virtual worlds. The white label social casino gaming company Open Wager was spun out of Meez and was later sold to VGW Holdings, Mr. Ryan also co-founded SingShot Media, an online karaoke community, which was sold to Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: EA) and merged into its Sims division.
We believe Mr. Ryan’s experience will be valuable to a potential initial business combination target and would provide an expanded perspective on the digital gaming landscape. Mr. Ryan received a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Tom Roche — Director Nominee
Mr. Roche has more than 40 years of experience in the gaming industry as a regulator, advisor and independent auditor. Mr. Roche joined Ernst & Young (“EY”) as a partner in 2003 and opened its Las Vegas office. He was subsequently appointed as the Office Managing Partner and Global Gaming Industry Market Leader. In 2016, Mr. Roche relocated to the EY Hong Kong office to supervise the expansion of the EY Global Gaming Industry practice in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Roche has been integral to numerous transactions that have shaped the current gaming landscape, including:
• Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN) initial public offering: Mr. Roche was the lead partner on Wynn Resort’s initial public offering, which raised $450 million in 2002.
• Harrah’s Entertainment/Apollo Management Group & Texas Pacific Group: Mr. Roche headed the regulatory advisory services on the buyout of Harrah’s Entertainment, the world’s largest casino company at the time, for $17.1 billion.
• Dubai World/MGM Resorts: Mr. Roche headed the regulatory and due diligence advisory services to Dubai World in its approximately $5.1 billion investment in MGM. Dubai World bought 28.4 million MGM shares, or 9.5 percent of the casino operator, for $2.4 billion. It then invested $2.7 billion to acquire a 50% stake in MGM’s CityCenter Project, a $7.4 billion 76-acre Las Vegas development of hotels, condos and retail outlets.
• MGM Growth Properties (NYSE: MGP) initial public offering: Mr. Roche provided tax and structural transaction services to MGM Resorts in the creation of MGM Growth Properties, a publicly traded REIT engaged in the acquisition, ownership and leasing of large-scale destination entertainment and leisure resorts. MGM Growth Properties raised $1.05 billion in its 2016 initial public offering.
Mr. Roche also directed EY advisory services to boards and management teams for profit improvement and technology related initiatives. In addition, Mr. Roche provided advisory support to the American Gaming Association on several research projects, including those specifically related to sports betting, the revocation of The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) and anti-money laundering best practices in the gaming industry. Equally, he has assisted government agencies in numerous international locations with enhancing their regulatory approach to governing the industry especially in the online gambling sector.
Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Roche served as Deloitte’s National Gaming Industry Leader and as the co-head of Andersen’s Gaming Industry Practice in Las Vegas. In 1989, Mr. Roche was appointed by then Governor of the State of Nevada, Robert Miller, to serve as one of three members of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board for a four-year term, where he was directly responsible for the Audit and New Games Lab Divisions. As a board member, he spent a substantial amount of time assisting global jurisdiction regulators enact gaming legislation in the design of their regulatory structure. During his career, Roche has been involved in numerous public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. His background includes providing casino regulatory consulting services to casino licensees and to federal and state agencies including the National Indian Gaming Commission and the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, and industry associations such as the Nevada Resort Association and the American Gaming Association.
We believe Mr. Roche’s highly regarded reputation as a gaming auditor and advisor in the gaming industry will be valuable for us and a potential business combination target. Mr. Roche is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is licensed by the Nevada State Board of Accountancy and Mississippi State Board of Public Accountancy. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California.

When we speak of casino gambling in Australia, we’re usually talking about new live or online pokies, fortuitous wins, or the dreaded affliction of problem gambling. That last topic has been abundantly proliferated by today’s leading politicians and anti-wagering groups. But have you ever ever stopped to ask yourself: What has gambling for you?
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There’s a powerful message that gambling is bad. It’s a degenerative activity that causes nothing quite pain and suffering. this is often what anti-pokies campaigns are sputtering in radio and tv ads – that nothing good can come of it.
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In reality, much good has come of it. The Australian government didn’t legalize lotteries because it thought the overall public needed a replacement sort of entertainment. It didn’t employ companies like Tabcorp and Tatts to officiate racing and sports betting because legislators had an excessive amount of time on their hands.
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These gambling activities were authorized to assist raise money to enhance local communities.
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What Australia Casino Gambling Does For You
Were you aware that the taxes our government collects from gambling operators are wont to ensure every child is provided a free and honorable education? Did you recognize that Australia uses the cash it collects from lottery sales to send promising athletes to free training camps, where they will excel into professional, tournament-worthy competitors?
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While anti-gambling campaigners are busy spitting out problem gambling statistics, the sports, lottery and casino gambling industry is doing little or no to defend itself. likelihood is that , an informed public – one that's made conscious of all the items those taxed wagering dollars do for them – wouldn’t be so easily swayed to side with the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) of anti-pokies politicians.
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Transition To Sustainability Messages
Hannah Harrison, SABMillerHannah Harrison is that the Senior Manager of worldwide Sustainable Development Strategy and Consumer Brands, otherwise referred to as SABMiller. She is of the firm belief that gambling operators should take a page from the book of the beer industry when it involves public messages in sustainability.
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“I really think it's interesting once you check out beer brands. you'll not think beer as being a very ethical product, but actually you'll use sustainability messages to bring a beer’s purpose to life,” said Harrison in an interview with nzpokiesonline.com/
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“Purpose are some things that's here to remain ,” continued Harrison, especially when it involves things people care about. She explained that brands can improve their sale volume compared to competitors by letting consumers know “they are buying a product that resonates their own personal values…”
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Her company played a key role in Uganda creating a sustainable source of income through harvesting Sorghum, a crop that they were ready to become a beer product. Not only did it bring down the value of beer, the govt was compelled to supply harvesters a tax benefit since it had been ready to sell the beer at lower cost. it had been clearly a win-win situation.
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How does this have anything to try to to with Australia casino gambling, and therefore the benefits it brings to the people? Harrison explained:
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“We were competing not with the prevailing beer but with the elicit alcohol market, attracting people out of the damaging and unregulated, illegal alcohol market. So, we are making beers safer for consumer, creating new revenue for our business and creating money for the govt also , which have increased their tax income for over 50 percent since 2002.”
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She went on to explain a huge opportunity for Australia’s casino gambling market to tap into unique product and repair concepts which will inevitably appeal to consumers, just by invoking the facility sustainable messages.

This is a cross post from a Medium article I wrote about this, I thought it might be interesting as the state election is next week.
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The NSW State election is approaching. I decided it was time to find out what each of the parties had to say about their policies. What follows is a brief summary of all the independents and political parties running stand for. I have done by best to provide a good faith reading of these parties and, when relevant, have attempted to clearly notate any editorial comments.

Legislative council parties:

Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers

The Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers are an agrarian, social conservative, and libertarian party whose policy platform is based around ending the government regulation of environmental protections and standards, as well as laws about maintaining native biodiversity which often conflicts with crop plantings. Their main goal is to remove the ability of external forces (governments, courts, or activists) from interfering with the direct commercial goals of land owners as they prize individual property rights which they believe as violated by land reform legislation. Beyond this, they also aim to assist NSW farmers by pushing for drought assistance to combat the current prolonged drought, as well as pushing for further tax cuts aimed at farmers.
Like many other current right-wing groups, they have coalesced behind supporting the end of renewable subsidies and pushing for the building of more coal power stations. Uniquely, they also want to end the interconnection of NSW power to other states in a pseudo-isolationist move. This also means that they oppose many policies about regulating carbon and other pollutants, however as they also support deregulated fishing they are currently signalling their difference from the NSW National Party by wanting to prevent further mass fish deaths in the Murray Darling River.
As part of their right-wing libertarian streak, this consists of ending most government regulation of gun control, whilst also signalling support of ‘tough on crime’ policies and supporting the police and prison guards.

Socialist Alliance

The Socialist Alliance is a traditional socialist political party who are focused providing a more egalitarian society where wealthy individuals and corporations pay aggressively higher taxes to fund re-distributive policies increase the standard of living for lower income peoples. They also want to expand public transport along with taking privatised assets back into public ownership.
They also want to switch to a renewable energy economy and make NSW explicitly anti-racist and a safe haven for refugees. They also believe that our current electoral system is flawed so they wish to introduce a series of electoral reforms to introduce electoral recalls at all levels, and make all levels of government proportional instead of our current mix of representative and proportional government.

Sustainable Australia

Sustainable Australia is focused on what they see as the issue with our current immigration rate. Under their ideological view, having a high immigration is detrimental to Australia as it causes “over-development”, as their website claims, as well as increasing housing costs, and environmental damage. Whilst not explicitly stating it, they appear to be planning on addressing the predicted losses in economic growth from their policies through diversifying the economy. This anti-immigration view covers refugees, as whilst they will allow them to enter the country they believe they should stay around their local region and work be done to improve safety there.
From their policy platform, it appears as if Sustainable Australia wants to limit overseas trade as they have policies on restarting Australian manufacturingjobs, which would assist our economy if we were no longer utilising low cost overseas manufacturing sources. However, they appear to be on-board with the current environmental consensus as they want to transition to a renewable energy economy and want to protect natural lands.

Greens

As one of the minor major parties, most of their policy platform should be somewhat known. It is dominated by their positions on the environment where they want to rapidly transition towards an entirely renewable energy sector, as well as more general policies about reversing environmental pollution of air, land, and water-bodies. Broadly, they are the most prominent socially and economically progressive party in NSW at the moment. However, they are anti-genetically modified crops [Ed. note — this is due to a flawed belief that ‘organic’ food is better than modified, which is not supported by any current research consensus.]
Of note is a current “civil war” within the NSW Greens between the two faction which respectively believe that the Greens should be focused entirely on the environment, and the other who believe that they should be a vehicle for broader democratic socialist policies. However, there has yet to be any noticeable policy arguments (publicly at least) around this, so the factional struggle may be personality based.

Animal Justice Party

The animal justice party is a leftist political organisation based strongly around broadening animal rights and protections. The majority of their policies are to do with ending the killing, or harming of animals in any way. Seem to want to end the use of companion animals (pets) in general but are addressing that bit by bit by limiting how you can adopt animals. They also view population growth as bad for animals and the environment and thus believe we should keep growth at replacement rate, which implies limiting immigration. However, limited policy detail on environmental and climate action policies, broadly says we need a carbon tax and to shift to a renewable power economy.

Advance

Advance is actually a coalition of the Advance Australia Party and the Motoring Enthusiasts. Their policies goals seem to be addressing housing affordability, increasing Sydney’s desirability as a tourist destination, anti-gambling — specifically Barangaroo, desiring the return of the Sydney Monorail — which appears to be driven by their distaste of the Light Rail, pro-electric cars, and “fixing the roads”. Not sure on their political alignment, appear to be a centrist neoliberal party without a social justice platform or any re-distributive policies.

FLUX

Ah, FLUX. FLUX is not a political party in the traditional sense as they have no actual policies in of themselves. They’re a single issue party, which wants to more or less end our Representational Democracy model and replace it with an electronic platform which is a mix of Direct, Representational, and Delegate Democracy where you use ‘an app’ to either directly vote, or nominate someone to vote for you on every piece of legislation in parliament. Legislation, which I assume is also crowd sourced?
[Ed. note — INTERESTING. Meow-Ludo Meow-Meow (real person) who has been a candidate for the Science Party (formerly the Future Party, now running as the James Jansson group) for the last couple of elections has moved to FLUX and is the candidate for Willoughby. You may know him as the dude who put the OPAL chip inside his hand.]

LaboCountry Labor

NSW Labor has a typical modern centre-left policy platform. However, of note is their recent moves to ban single use plastic bags, phase out single use plastics, invest ~$140 million into local recycling projects, and of particular note they claim to want to seek a treaty with the NSW indigenous peopleswhich would replicate similar treaties in Canada and New Zealand. This treaty would cover: recognition of historical wrongs, addressing health and education services, and language rights.
This election, NSW Labor is trying to differentiate themselves from the Liberal Party by emphasising their goals to decrease housing and hospital costs, as well as addressing industrial concerns, such as wage theft and underpayment, as well as providing increased services such as more education facilities and free public transport for children. Another policy difference is their goal to divert the currently allocated funds for stadium redevelopments towards other policies such as renewable powered air conditioning for public schools.
They also wish to legislate 10 days paid domestic violence pay, in addition to investing $158 million towards building new domestic violence and sexual assault courts, increased victim compensation, and increased funding to shelters and advocacy groups.

Liberal/The Nationals

The Liberal/National coalition will be running this campaign based on their record over the last eight years which has constituted increased building of private toll motorways as well as the building of more commuter lines, specifically the light rail and North-West Metro. The party however has been dogged by their more draconian policies around nightlife and music policiesin general. This has been paired with their alleged failures on environmental policies based on the recent spate of mass fish deaths in regional NSW resulting from widespread rorting of water resources by the large commercial cotton farms.

Australian Conservatives

The Australian Conservatives are a factional splinter of the Liberal Party of Australia. They were started by Cory Bernardi who left the party because of his views of the “corrosive left” of the Liberal Party. As such, they are an extremely conservative party. Their policy agenda does not meaningfully move away from orthodox right-wing business politics, and government regulation, as they are libertarian on this front. Their main focus is on ‘white resentment’ politics. This is as their most detailed policy statements deal with ending “gender reassignment” and “political indoctrination”. Their main goals is to realign Australian with their conservative views on what it means to be an Australian, that is to be white and hetero-normative [Ed.]. Broadly they are quite similar to the current Republican party in American in terms of their social and economic views. This party is part of the current wave of populist(whilst not actually being populist as their policies will benefit the 1% primarily) “Western Civilisation” politics based around Nationalism and anti-leftism.

Keep Sydney Open

Keep Sydney Open appear to be a civil libertarian party based around getting the government and its regulation out of the music scene and Sydney nightlife. Their main party agenda is the end the Sydney Lockout laws and the current government’s policies around policing music festivals. Have no really stated political goals outside of this niche beyond some language around a stronger ICAC, and introducing 24 hr public transport. Of note, not actually running a candidate in the Seat of Sydney, where the lockout laws apply.

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are an aggressively libertarian party whose only elected member is David Leyonhjelm. The main thrust of this party is promoting “individual liberty”, which is mostly expressed as reducing the ability of governments to enact regulatory legislation, and letting businesses pay less tax. They see effectively no place for the government beyond Defence, and maintaining property rights.
Editorial: the Liberal Democrats use a very American strategy of campaigning, which is “triggering the left”. They’ve also engaged in sexist and racist behaviours in their effort to gain votes from the same constituency of One Nation, Australian Conservatives, and Men’s Rights Activists.

Voluntary Euthanasia Party

The VEP are a single issue party, and that is enacting legislation for voluntary assisted dying. They appear to be a party dedicated to ensuring quality of life up until death through both allowing death to happen on your own terms, increasing palliative care, and improving access to medical cannabis. Beyond that, they claim to be a moderate progressive party and will vote on a case by case basis for all legislation under that framework.

Christian Democratic Party

Otherwise known as the Fred Nile Christian Democratic party. A Christian religious party aiming to “glorify God in government”. Under that framework, are pro-business. Their main niche is ensuring that NSW remains a tacitly Christian state by legislating SRE classes (they’re the ones who made SRE mandatory and that you have to specifically opt out, whilst also making information about that hard to find). This party is extremely conservative about sexuality and gender identity and believe that there is only two gendersand you should only be heterosexual, and thus want to remove the Safe Schools program.

Small Business Party

Another neoliberal business party whose policy focus is on cutting business taxes and regulation, claiming they’re a drain on the economy. This extends to wanting to reduce housing Stamp duties and power prices. Also are anti-immigration as they claiming current NSW immigration is unsustainable and there is no place for them here. [Ed. note — current immigration rate is reason we’re not in a recession at the moment.]

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation

One Nation is the most prevalent of the current Australian mainstream populist (whilst not being popular) ‘white resentment’ political parties. Under the NSW leader Mark Latham — who has a colourful past — the party has taken a specifically Men’s Rights Activist lens as it has explicit platforms on their idea that white men are being repressed in our society.

Outlaw the new Left-wing discrimination against men, boys, Christians and white people, including a ban on discriminatory ‘employment quotas’ and segregationist ‘safe spaces’ — One Nation policy outline

This platform extends towards explicitly racist policies, and removing recognition of transgender people’s rights. These policies manifest themselves through their anti-Islamist rhetoric, claiming that they’ll end “Islamic Radicalisation in schools”, being anti-multiculturalism, and putting forward a policy that only individuals who “pass” a genetic test [Ed. note — which is bullshit] can get Indigenous peoples specific social welfare.
These policies around Indigenous peoples also extend to the Indigenous Land Reform Councils as they claim they’re hoarding billions of dollars which should be taken. Like other prominent white resentment parties, One Nation also supports pro-business reforms such as protectionist policies to maintain monopolies, and cutting their taxes and regulations, as well as being anti-renewable energy and fixated on coal power.

Seniors United Party of Australia (group G)

The Seniors United Party is pushing forward a policy agenda aimed specifically at senior citizens, such as being focused on increased funding and undoing of Liberal/National cuts to superannuation. They also wants oversight and regulation of aged care providers. However, like many other parties running in this election, they are a anti-immigration party and wants to see reduced in overall migration levels.

Monaghan and Monaghan (group H)

This is a husband and wife duo from the northern beaches and the majority of policies appear to be focused on a “not in my backyard (NIMBY)” agenda in regards to the Northern Beaches. However also wants to ban brothels and 24/7 gambling, and very specifically the Woolworths in Mosman.

Jeremy Buckingham Greens splinter group (group L)

Buckingham is a former Greens MLC who left/got kicked out of the party over allegations he committed an act of “sexual violence”* towards a staff member. This was investigated and dropped due to insufficient evidence to substantiate the allegation. Teamed up with Alan Jones to help stop coal seam gas mining
His policies are a little hard to nail down as his content is limited on his website, but based around his previous statements it broadly aligns with the environmental aspects of his former party, the NSW Greens. Of note however, is his desired collaboration with American Tech Baron, Elon Musk, to build a tunnel through the Blue Mountains from Western Sydney to Lithgow.
\allegation was revealed under parliamentary privilege by Newtown MP Jenny Leong. May have been done as part of the current NSW Greens civil war over whether or not they should be a climate action party or a more broadly socialist party.*

James Jansson (group S)

A re-branding of the Science Party as they aren’t registered at State level. Focused on increased transportation, housing density, etc. Seem to be greenish Radical Centrist party with focus on changing regulation and increasing funding without really rocking the boat or doing anything substantial.

Various Independents

Tony Edwards: no clear policy directions stated, with more of a general anti-right perspective.
Ellie Robinson: Anti-corruption platform and wants to address climate change, disability rights, animal justice, indigenous rights.
John Brett: anti-national debt candidate, focus on removing foreign involvement and getting more people back into trade jobs.
Ron Bogan: pro euthanasia, helping out senior citizens, pro-National Energy Guarantee (therefore neoliberal on climate action), focus on the Shire and Western Sydney. Campaign slogan — “put a bogan in parliament”
John Hunter: no information online about him.
Bryn Hutchinson: “progressive independent” — focus on police accountability and a NSW Human Rights Act.
Danny Lim: this is the guy with the billboard hanging around Newtown and the city who’s billboard said “Tony [Abbott] you cvn’t.” From what I can find, running principles of egalitarianism, anti-racism, broadly leftist, pro-renewable energy, investing in public healthcare, removing private healthcare insurance rebate, increasing refugee intake.
Andre Brokman: found his Medium blog — pro-Council amalgamations to increase centralisation and reduce ‘chaos’ in Sydney planning, appears to be a transportation enthusiast. His bio: “Andre Brokman is a full time city planning student and part time uber driver”

I'm not going to show my original message (it's quite long, it also includes my name and student-email, but if people really want to read it I can post it in a comment), but I will post below the response I got from the VCGLR. I'll also note that I'd be quite happy to forward the correspondence to news agencies (on condition that my name/e-mail not be mentioned). Anyway, here's the reply I received:

My name is Jarrod Wolfe and I am the Strategic Analyst for the Compliance Division at VCGLR. I have received your correspondence in regards to gambling functionality (loot boxes) being incorporated into games.
Your research and suppositions on the matter are correct; what occurs with "loot boxes" does constitute gambling by the definition of the Victorian Legislation. Unfortunately where the complexity arises is in jurisdiction and our powers to investigate. Legislation has not moved as quick as the technology; at both State and Federal level we are not necessarily equipped to determine the legality of these practices in lieu of the fact the entities responsible are overseas.
We are currently engaging with interstate and international counter parts to progress wider policy changes and to modernise and inform both Federal and State based legislation. We take on board responses from the community, such as your concerns, to ensure that our actions are reflective of the risks these products pose as well as the community’s expectation. Watching recent Reddit activity certainly indicates the majority of the gaming community is at odds with decisions made by certain companies.
The focus of my concerns currently is on the more predatory aspects related to "pay to win". Skins, skins betting and virtual currencies are certainly a peripheral consideration. However, the idea that (genuine) progression in a game could be reliant on the outcome of a random number generator is at odds with responsible gambling and the objectives of our acts. More importantly the normalisation of gambling vernacular and mechanics targeted at vulnerable persons (minors), is not just morally reprehensible, but is also legally questionable.
In response to our appraisal or understanding of these matters, it is perhaps unfortunate for these companies that gamers have infiltrated most areas of government; be assured that knowledgeable and interested parties are undertaking a large body of work in relation to issues you noted. And if an avenue of investigation or enforcement is found; then we will most definitely pursue it.
Thanks for your detailed enquiry and interest.

I followed up with these questions: What is the legal effect of the responsible entity being based overseas? Does it matter that persons residing in Australia may be making use of those services? What do you think is the biggest barrier to enforcement in relation to this issue currently, and how do you foresee it being overcome? What steps do you think the average citizen/consumer can take towards effecting such change? I also asked if he would mind me sharing the correspondence online. Here is his response:

Thanks for the follow up. Gambling isn’t necessarily “Unauthorised gambling” so there are a lot of variables at play. For perhaps a real world example think of overseas betting agencies. Such as Bet 365 – Australians can and do use this service; yet it is clearly administered and run from the UK. This isn’t illegal. However, if that company set up “shop” in Victoria or started specifically advertising and offering gambling products to Victorians. Then we could investigate and it could be considered a breach of legislation and we would pursue, overseas or not. One of the downfalls is that using overseas based products, Victorian residents do not have us to investigate any complaints or issues they have.
Lootbox and “pay to win” set ups are even more nuanced than just being operated from overseas. Imagine if the legislation was read “strictly” and so you and a couple of friends have a poker game in your garage. You play for real money and sometimes other people join and leave. Now this is obviously gambling, however, is it “unauthorised gambling”? The legislation makes clear determination on some products such as Casino games and the like. But I don’t think parliament ever intended for a Compliance Inspector to kick in your garage door and fine you and your buddies for playing ‘texas hold’em’ in your garage. In order for that to happen we would require far more definitive proof and details and identify profits and purpose and a lot of other factors. This would be the steps we would have to take in order to get close to showing that these video game functions are, strictly speaking, Unauthorised… even then, convincing a magistrate in a prosecution would be a whole other nightmare that would probably cost Victorian tax payers way more money than they would be willing to spend.
But I am a Strategic Analyst, my job is essentially to look at strategies to bring about changes without the necessity of kicking in garage doors and scaring the hell out of a bunch of students. Hence our interest in “loot boxes”. Enforcement is probably not an option, but we can consider working with other agencies to bring about change in other ways. For instance; if these companies want to include significant elements of gambling in their products then perhaps we should work with “The Australian Classification Board” to ensure than any product that does that and monetises it gets an immediate R rating. I could imagine that this would send ripples through the industry and it would support the objectives of the Gambling Legislation to ensure minors are not encouraged to participate in gambling.
As far as affecting change from the consumer perspective. For me, instead of playing certain Star Wars games I was looking forward to, I will be concerting my efforts on collecting EVERY.SINGLE.MOON in Odyssey.
Thanks for your interest. Nothing I am saying is secret; we are working on these complex problems and unfortunately solutions are a lot slower than the technology. The more people that know we are looking the better. The VCGLR want to set the example for dealing with these kind of issues; getting correspondence from you (and others) makes it a lot easier to gauge the feelings of Victorians and lets us know there is genuine interest and concern.

TL;DR - the VCGLR considers lootboxes gambling, but if the entities are based overseas they lack the necessary powers of enforcement.
I was quite surprised to hear this to be honest, as I thought our system would be more like the American inter-State system (where online gambling bodies are bound by the laws of the State that the person using their services is residing in, rather than by the laws of the State where the gambling body is based).
EDIT: I've forwarded the original correspondence e-mail to the BBC, and have forwarded it to Kotaku Australia at their request. I'll update this post with article links if they write stories based on this.
EDIT2: Here is the Kotaku article; Power-up Gaming article

The web's capability to blur limits and society's approval of gambling establishment gambling and sports wagering eventually clarified the disparities and loopholes of American gambling laws. From the makeshift sports book stalls in Nevada, the majority of sports wagering activities moved operations and made use of the possibilities of the online world in the mid-1990s. At present, there are numerous online video gaming websites accommodating sports wagering and gambling establishment gambling based in nations like Jamaica, Costa Rica, and Ireland.
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In spite of overseas-based operations, the lion's share of the earnings and customers of these websites originate from American states. In fact, current research studies reveal that these online gambling establishment gambling and sports wagering websites make more than legal gambling establishments running in Nevada. The earnings of online gambling and wagering websites are approximated at $70 billion for 2005 alone. This is a shocking quantity compared to the reported $2 billion from Nevada gambling establishments. This suffices to topple the three-decade reign of Nevada gambling establishments from the 60's to the early 90's. Thinking about that sports book and gambling establishment websites have actually been running for less than 20 years, they are plainly a risk to the prospering Nevada gambling scene.
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For years, Las Vegas is the only location legal for gambling operations. Atlantic City did the same and made gambling establishment gambling legal; the following years saw the expansion of state lottery games, card clubs, video gaming ships, Indian gambling establishments, and off-track wagering hair salons throughout the country. However still, these advancements are insufficient to take on online gambling. The market of online gambling is not even swayed by strong opposition from legal United States gambling establishments. The gambling laws of the United States of America do not assist, too. They differ commonly from the various states. Many states prohibit all kinds of gambling while some make exceptions. Disparities like these make it simple for online operators to discover and utilize loopholes in the law. The American Video gaming Association keeps a protective stand concerning online gambling. The association promotes federal laws on the policy of online gambling. According to them, the uncontrolled nature of the online gambling market is its benefit over conventional gambling establishments; managing it puts both camps on even footing.
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However in spite of this stand, some Nevada gambling establishments are following the old stand-by: if you can not beat them, join them. November 1998 saw the start of a brand-new pattern; conventional gambling establishments began obtaining off-shore online gambling establishment gambling business to enhance their earnings. An affiliate of the Hilton Hotels soaked up the Australian sports book slot deposit pulsa. Other Nevada gambling establishments followed and this cycle once again generated a brand-new barrage of disputes.
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Contrary to their earlier dislike of the online gambling market, the conventional gambling establishments set their sights greater. They are now pressing the Congress to pass a law that legislates online gambling. This is performed in an effort to lower production expenses; legalization implies that they might now move their operations in the United States. Harrah's and MGM Mirage, the two leading gambling establishments in Nevada and unquestionably owning their own online gambling websites, lead the gambling establishments in asking for the guideline of online video gaming. Plainly, this relocation asking for guideline does not plan to put conventional gambling establishments at par with online websites any longer. The competitors moved in between independent online websites and Nevada casino-owned websites. A transfer to control translates to double revenues for the Nevada gambling establishments.
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Whatever comes out of this brand-new advancement in gambling establishment gambling, players are still guaranteed of their gambling repair. Potentially, if the suggested guideline is authorized, there would be more security in wagering online because it is now under United States laws. Like previously, gambling establishment gambling shows itself to be a vibrant and ever-changing market.

The long journey from grand casino halls to smartphone mobile apps — let us recount the treacherous path that online gambling ventured and conquered, leading to the technological advancement innovations brought by blockchain technology and crypto-economy.
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Technology and internet in general have changed the way we live our lives drastically. Several technological advancement and widespread internet access enable us to do almost everything digitally. Online gambling industry as a part of the entertainment industry wasn’t spared in the sweeping development brought to us by these technological innovations. Due to these technological advances, online gambling is now one of the most profitable and popular industries since 1990s. It can be found almost everywhere in the world, with a wide range of variety, particularly in the countries of New Zealand and The Netherlands.
Surely, online gambling isn’t as old as the hills, but definitely its history is something worth knowing.
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The Birth of Online Gambling

Since the passing of the Free Trade and Processing Act in Antigua and Barbuda in 1994, the online gambling continues to flourish and allowed several companies to be granted license if they wanted to provide online casino services. It was the Caribbean government that first legalized and regulated online gaming. Also, in 1994, a UK company named Microgaming developed and launched its first online casino. It was a momentous event in the development of the online gambling industry and this company still exists today.
CryptoLogic was launched in 1995 and became a significant innovation especially with online money transfers with its fast and safer process. CyptoLogic also launched InterCasino, one of the oldest online casinos that still exists at present. Also, in 1995, Microgaming released its online version of the traditional games such as blackjack, poker, and roulette. NetEnt, a neophyte in the online gambling industry back then, launched its own online games and proved itself to be one of the best and most innovative providers even until today.
From all the widespread development of online gambling throughout the years, online gambling companies all over the world continue to provide eSports, sports betting, novelty betting, in-play betting, bingo, horse racing betting, slots, blackjack, roulette, baccarat, poker in its all forms and other games in the same structure. In short, online gambling became very popular and in 1996, there were 15 gambling websites that became 200 in the following year. In 1998, Planet Poker introduced Texas Hold’Em, making online gambling more accessible to people of the internet.
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Legalization: A Bump Down the Road…

Despite the popularity and advancement of online gambling, it reached a low point in 1999 when The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act was approved. The act meant to illegalize any kind of offering of online gambling product to a U.S. citizen. However, this act did not pass and in the same year, a multiplayer online game was introduced so gamers could gamble and chat with each other at the same time.
The struggle continued in year 2000 as the Australian Federal Government passed the Interactive Gambling Moratorium Act banning all unlicensed online casinos existent before May 2000. This happening paved way to several legislations and lawsuits all across the globe. However, that didn’t stop the massive number of online players to continue to grow up to 8 million in year 2001. Online gambling companies’ stocks also continued to rise and reached the value of $4.5 billion in 2002. In 2003, to further regulate online gambling, eCOGRA was established in United Kingdom. eCOGRA was meant to specialize in the certification of online gaming software and systems.
To further the battle on legalization of online gambling industries, the U.S. government pursued national broadcasters and media outlets to ban advertisements for online gambling for they could be illegal. However, Antigua claimed that this could be a violation of the free trade agreement signed in 1994. These seemingly never ending hindrances in online gambling didn’t stop its spread around the world. In September 2006, there were approximately 2,600 online casinos all across the globe.
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What the Future Holds

The effects of technological advancement in our lives is truly undeniable. In the world of online gambling, technological innovation didn’t only make it easy and convenient but it paved the way for its progress and popularity it possess. Despite several acts and positive laws to make online gambling safer, many aspects of it are starting to change.
With more positive laws and regulations leaning towards online gambling, Juniper Research estimated that online gambling market will outstretch up to $1 trillion in 2021, citing mobile phones as a major factor in this development.
Surely, these technological advances is just a start of what could be unimaginable several years ago, especially in the world of online gambling. We could probably expect a more realistic and high-quality games enabled by VR technologies and solid security. Moreover, we could also expect a worldwide span of its legalization so as to take online gambling to new levels.
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The Next Generation of Online Gambling

Since the invention of Bitcoin in 2008, the nascent blockchain technology has opened the doors to a truly decentralized online ecosystem and it has found its way into countless industries and real-world economies. The uncontested decentralization, transparency and security brought by cryptography and P2P connections bring new solutions into industries that the traditional real-world systems could not resolve.
With this in mind, Faireum wishes to bring these solutions into the online gambling world in order to give players and proprietors alike a fair and value-for-value experience with transparent game logic, a transformed and just business model, and open-source DApp development kits. Investors and coin holders alike can also partake in the ecosystem despite not having participated in online gambling itself with this perfect amalgamation of crypto and online gambling, making gambling more than just a game of chance, but also an opportunity of choice… click here to learn more about this game-changing technology.

The final event at the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific series concluded, just a couple of days after a winner was crowned in the highrollers tournament. The main event attracted a total of 329 players, with each of them paying $10,000 to participate, so the prize pool exceeded AU$3 million. The interest for this tournament was tremendous and attracted players from all over the world, including American Scott Davies. With the legislation in the United States still denying players the chance to compete over the Internet. Davies spent most of the time in Canada. There are many professionals who cross the border when they want to play poker online, while waiting for more states to pass favorable bills. There is no shortage of interested poker rooms when it comes to expanding to the United States and among those planning such an expansion is Bet365. For the time being, only New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware allow state residents to play poker over the Internet, but Texas, California and Illinois legislators are also contemplating such laws. Meanwhile poker players have to look elsewhere for entertainment and winning opportunities, with the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event being a shining example. Given the fact that the buy-in was a staggering AU$10,000, only poker professionals could afford to travel all the way to Melbourne to participate. The vast majority of players were locals, but even so just one Australian made the final table and he was also the first to be sent to the rail. Once Ang Italiano was eliminated in the sixth place and claimed $118,000, three Americans, one Englishman and one player from Taiwan were left in the race. The two Americans were sent home shortly after and by this time Scott Davies was clearly in command and had an advantage over his peers when three handed play began. No deal was reached and despite his best efforts, Henry Wang from Taiwan was eliminated in third, leaving Jack Salter and Scott Davies to play for the ultimate trophy. The heads up didn't last too long and the Englishman committed his stack with the slightly weaker hand, which didn't improve. He still took home more than half a million, while the spoils went to the winner who won$850k and the coveted Golden bracelet. This is how the final standings looked like at the end of the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event: 1 Scott Davies USA $850,1362 Jack Salter England $516,9603 Henry Wang Taiwan $343,8054 Kyle Montgomery USA $231,2875 Frank Kassela USA $164,0896 Ang Italiano Australia $118,769
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Online casinos, poker rooms and bookmakers as well as their land-based counterparts, have one thing in common: the house always wins. They base their business model on a simple and very effective principle, that players will eventually lose more than they win. Downswings are inevitable in any line of work and bookmakers make no exception, not even prominent ones such as William Hill. The best proof that nobody is immune to variation in this highly competitive environment was provided by the Q1 results, recently released by William Hill. The company operates mostly as a bookmaker, although it has its own online gambling division and even poker rooms. The numbers posted are about the bookmakers operating profit, which fell 14% in the first quarter, mostly due to the fact that favorites met and exceeded expectations. For two consecutive weeks in April, the company suffered a significant loss of as much as 25% at retail level, while over the Internet the downswing was of only 6%. Overall the numbers were contradictory, with over-the-counter turnover rising by 3%, yet to win margins fell by the same ratio. Add to this the fact that one year from now, the 25% duty on fixed odds betting terminals will be imposed, and it is easy to understand why William Hill and other bookmakers are overly concerned. If their estimations are correct then the company will lose in excess of £23 million and they will have to fire more than 400 employees. The prognosis is probably pessimistic, as William Hill tries to draw attention that the legislators are going a step too far and that the new laws might backfire. It is unlikely for major changes to be made to the upcoming regulations, so online casinos, poker rooms and bookmakers alike should close ranks and prepare for a setback. There are also some good news coming from the online gaming, with the revenue increasing by double digit amounts. Arguably the biggest profits were made in online casinos and the mobile divisions were by far the most prosperous, completely offsetting the drop in poker and bingo. William Hill is one of the top bookmakers in the United Kingdom but they are well represented abroad and their Australian operations are also on the rise. As a result of acquiring Sportingbet, Tom Waterhouse and Centerbet their net revenue in Australia grew by as much as 500%. In the great scheme of things, this doesn't represent as much as it seems, but in conjunction with US operations and phone wagering, they led to better than expected operating profit. This is why the dwindling Q1 profits are not expected to have a significant impact and William Hill will continue its operations unabated.
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One of the most important poker tournaments in the southern hemisphere is the Aussie millions, a tournament that takes place every year in January or February. For two weeks, Melbourne becomes the hotspot for poker enthusiasts and professionals alike, with thousands of players flocking to Australia. Crown Resorts is the company behind this major event and it is the Crown Melbourne casino that acts as a gracious host for all these prominent players. It came as no surprise that the Australian casino operator has been granted a 17 year extension on its license, all the way to 2050. Some might find it strange that the casino giant was so concerned about expanding the license, which was set to expire in 2033. In this line of work, it is essential to be able to make long-term predictions and that's why the operator was adamant in its efforts to get the license extended for as long as possible. Poker players represent only the tip of the iceberg, because Crown Melbourne casino also serves other categories of gamblers. They will rejoice knowing that an additional 128 extra video poker machines have been added, in addition to the 2500 machines already installed. Furthermore, the commissions charged by the casino will be reduced by 2%, which is great news for those who spend a lot of time playing. VIP gamblers represent the most important category of players and the fact that Crown Melbourne managed to pursue legislators to repel the super tax on international and interstate VIP gamblers is celebrated as excellent news. Until recently, the casino had to impose this tax, which had a deterring effect on the elite players who looked for action elsewhere. On one hand, the gambling operator won a big victory by extending its license to 2050, but rumors state that the plan was to have the license extended all the way to 2092. As far as the authorities are concerned, the fact that Crown will be paying $250 million up front and will match this amount over the next 20 years is more than satisfying. At the time of writing, the casino operator is the biggest employer in the state and the forecast is optimistic, with more than 10,000 people expected to work for them by 2020. Online casinos are still interested in establishing a beachhead in Australia and Victoria in particular, with Coral Casino being one of them. More competition would benefit the players, because the operators would be compelled to offer better terms and diversify their offer. Existing players are fiercely defending their territory, so only time will tell whether other companies will be allowed to operate statewide.
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I started working at my current job in early 2016 as a digital marketer - straight out of college, still bouncing marketing theory around in my head.
When I arrived on my first day, I was asked if I'm in any way opposed to online gaming... And the HR lady didn't mean Counter Strike or Halo. Turns out that I was the newbie in a "marketing" firm that runs a slew of online casinos offshore, and just about the only marketing I was to be involved with was Black Hat.
Now, I was excited at first - I always supported the bad guys in movies. But the fact that this kind of product is barred from advertising on almost every platform and in almost every country makes my job so frustrating. In the past 18 months I've probably been running campaigns for about 2 months in total - the rest of the time has been spent doing admin for other people, and setting up fake advertising accounts that last for a week or two at best. On top of this, the salary is about 1/4 of what local Digital Marketers earn at other companies... We get told that our salaries are worked out by looking at similar roles in the same industry, and because it's Casino, only the higher-ups get salaries they can actually live on (Nepotism is RIFE where I work...). Due to the generally low standard of work that I encounter there, I suspect that the majority of the people who work there are not there because of their experience and/or know-how, but they're there because they're cheap to employ and can more or less do the job at hand.
On top of this, our business is having to pull out of Australia due to new legislation that's being passed, and the Australian market is precisely 50% of our market, which means that retrenchments are around the corner.
Therefore, I would like to know what skills I can develop in order to eventually get into a "real" marketing position where I can actually grow as a marketer as well as start earning a salary that'll allow me to move out of my mother's house. I turn 26 very soon, and need to get on with my life.
Skills I've been developing:
HTML (very basic), Facebook Advertising, Financial Reporting, Copy writing, Black Hat Marketing, Content Marketing (Clickbait), App Store Optimization.
PS. Apologies if I broke any rules
EDIT: I must add that this company maintains a squeaky-clean image on the outside, but inside it is like something out of a movie with Kevin Spacey. Our keystrokes and monitor screens are always monitored at work, and our spoken conversations are also listened in on as well. The latter I know about because I was once disciplined for badmouthing the company when the only other person in the room was the guy who was being disciplined in the room with me, and another friend told me (using written notes) that he had been called into the execs' offices to listen to a recording of my voice to identify me. It's fucked up.

Subreddit	Title	Brand
gifs	Police Chase in Japan	Chase
Showerthoughts	Why do people put Harley-Davidson stickers on their cars... And never the other way around.	Harley-Davidson
EarthPorn	Spring Herald West Virginia, United States OC 4032x3024	United
videos	Guy turns Honda Civic into log splitter.	Honda
videos	Mike Tyson interview, where interviewer is asking harmless questions, until he brings up Mike's past. Mike gets annoyed and really deals with him in a perfect way.	Tyson
WritingPrompts	WP The United States and Europe leaders secretly agree and manage to wipe out every single country that that isn't theirs. You, a recently graduated MIT engineer, are in charge of extracting Petroil from the now deserted Middle East and get abducted. 3 ISIS fighters survived.	United
worldnews	Starbucks and Walmart join growing list of advertisers boycotting YouTube. Major companies pulling adverts a sign that many doubt Google’s ability to prevent marketing campaigns from appearing alongside repugnant videos	Walmart
Showerthoughts	Big news for Apple used to be the release of the iPod, iTunes, or iPhone. Now it's stickers.	Apple
food	Homemade Chicken Fajitas with onions and Bell Peppers	Bell
movies	Can't remember movie, cooking a steak scene. Google not helping, at all.	Google
news	Talented kid who became youngest intern at Intel diagnosed with schizophrenia.	Intel
worldnews	The United Nations Security Council on Friday strengthened its protection of global cultural heritage sites threatened by armed conflicts, saying perpetrators of unlawful destruction could be prosecuted for war crimes	United
pics	My friend asked for a drawing on his Publix sub bag. He was not disappointed.	Publix
worldnews	A whistleblower has accused oil giant Shell of concealing data on the health effects of two major oil spills on communities in Nigeria.	Shell
videos	My First Attempt At Making A Nike Commercial. Or any commercial for that matter	Nike
AskReddit	Redditors who have won a McDonald's or grocery store Monopoly prize, how did it go?	McDonald's
movies	[Original Ghost in the Shell director: 'no basis' for whitewashing anger	Film](https://www.reddit.com/movies/comments/61dbcd/original_ghost_in_the_shell_director_no_basis_fo)
funny	Ever think you'd actually read the Apple T&C if it were illustrated in the styles of all your favorite comic artists?	Apple
pics	I think Target is trying to tell me something.	Target
Jokes	What's the only thing made by Microsoft that doesn't suck?	Microsoft
food	Homemade Kielbasa, Potato, and Bell Pepper Hash	Bell
Documentaries	CSB Safety Video: Anatomy of a Disaster 2008 - A thorough look into how focusing on rewarding production figures and ignoring management and safety failures led to 15 deaths and 180 injuries at the BP Texas City Refinery 12 years ago. 55:33CC	BP
funny	Mike Tyson has started a mobile proctology business	Tyson
AskReddit	Who are some great content creators on Youtube that not many people know about?	Youtube
worldnews	A teenage blogger from Singapore whose online posts blasting his government landed in him jail has been granted asylum to remain in the United States.	United
Showerthoughts	Nintendo themed Lego should be a thing	Lego
funny	For most, stepping on Lego is incredibly painful. I simply get taller.	Lego
Showerthoughts	How many of you send specific messages to Google or other search engines in the hope you cracking up an Intel analyst somewhere?	Google
Showerthoughts	How many of you send specific messages to Google or other search engines in the hope you cracking up an Intel analyst somewhere?	Intel
pics	A red pill to cell phone junkies on a train at Beijing Subway line 6.	Subway
videos	4 year old drives a Volvo truck.	Volvo
gaming	Thoughts about the Xbox elite controller	Xbox
pics	The CN Tower peeking through fog	CN
pics	The Grand Canyon, United States	United
AskReddit	Assuming no one follows the directions, how do you make Kraft Dinner?	Kraft
pics	Happy Birthday Meghan Hughes The most Charming Youtube Star of Georgia.	Youtube
listentothis	Oberon -- From the Sky Stoner / Prog / Space Rock 2016	Sky
photoshopbattles	PsBattle: Mike Tyson on his rather large throne.	Tyson
pics	I was parked next to this car at Walmart tonight	Walmart
funny	My sister left this note for the thief who stole her FedEx package	FedEx
videos	Huge Air Canon at Brain Candy Live - 360 Video	Canon
Art	"The Lego Merlin - Eve Online", Digital 3D, 1920x1080	Lego
AskReddit	Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, and Leonardo Da Vinci died virgins. Would you give up sex if it meant you could be on their level of brilliance? Why or why not?	Vinci
TwoXChromosomes	Support/vent? Fake profiles with stolen nude photos requesting friends and family on Facebook {possible trigger}	Facebook
pics	This pooch was found last week by animal control in Midland, TX. I found out about her through Facebook on Wednesday. Drove from Dallas to Midland yesterday and adopted her this morning. I couldn't say no to this face. Reddit, meet Bella.	Facebook
AskReddit	Which Apple notebook is the best?	Apple
pics	Bats Fall from the Sky in Australia Due to Extreme Heat Wave	Sky
worldnews	London attack: Trafalgar Square vigil for people to 'express solidarity' - BBC News	BBC
food	Homemade Mini Apple Pies	Apple
videos	REMIX Children interrupt BBC MEME FIRE	BBC
AskReddit	What's the best state in the United States, and why is it Texas?	United
news	Reports of shots fired at the Bellagio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas	Casino
Showerthoughts	Google Chat / hangout, duo, allo, talko, etc., are the equivalent on my phone of Microsoft Audio Players on my PC.	Microsoft
Showerthoughts	Telling Google Assistant to do things is like playing Simon Says. It only counts if you say "OK google" first	Google
pics	The absolutely ridiculous Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi xpost evilbuildings	Ferrari
worldnews	Khalid Masood: from Kent schoolboy to Westminster attacker	Kent
dataisbeautiful	[BMW service Adelaide	Angus Mitchell Automotive
AskReddit	Couples who share Facebook accounts - why?	Facebook
Futurology	Startup Impossible Foods says it can now produce enough for 4 million meatless burgers a month—taking on its food-tech rivals and, soon, McDonald's MCD	McDonald's
Music	Alberto Droguett - Don't hang up Home-made Progressive Rock	Progressive
videos	Ozzy Man Reviews: Slowest Chase Ever	Chase
Music	It's Aretha Franklin's birthday today. Singing "Respect" by Otis Redding and "A Natural Woman" brought her into the national limelight.	Otis
pics	Transformation 384 to 173 Total weight loss of 206 lbs.	Total
OldSchoolCool	The 38th US President Gerald Ford playing basketball on the aircraft carrier USS Monterey - 1944	Ford
videos	3 Personal eBay Horror Stories: Storytime #5	eBay
news	Douglas Carswell quitting UKIP - BBC News	BBC
worldnews	Red Nose Day 2017: Carpool Karaoke with Take That - BBC News	BBC
funny	The man taught to have sex by lesbians - BBC News	BBC
pics	Sunrise captured outside of a Walmart in Flagstaff, AZ	Walmart
pics	One of the Pigmen that Robbed the Bellagio Rolex store last night.	Rolex
AskReddit	How do you feel about Gender Roles in the United States?	United
Jokes	A bottle of Heineken walks into a restaurant	Heineken
funny	This is what Google Assistant thinks of the Reddit comment section. From an AskReddit thread about what song is played too often	Google
listentothis	Benjamin Clementine -- Winston Churchill's Boy Art Pop/Avant-garde 2014	Winston
nottheonion	Man in leopard print robe and crocs robs McDonald's with comb	McDonald's
Music	Female Electronic Musician Sky Vettel	Sky
Showerthoughts	When the Google search results come back, I refuse to click the link that says "Ad" next to it even though the link I do click is the same exact URL.	Google
videos	How The Popular Youtube channel Sourcefed ended there final ever livestream was just an amazing tribute to the show	Youtube
mildlyinteresting	This bottle of Heineken has the wrong cap. Its for another beer called desperatos.	Heineken
Futurology	Self-Driving Uber With Passenger Involved In Arizona Collision	Uber
mildlyinteresting	This bottle of Heineken has the wrong cap. It's from another beer called desperados.	Heineken
movies	Do people not know that Ghost in the Shell is written by the same person who wrote 3 Transformers films?	Shell
videos	How to Remove Stuck Seed Shell Helmet Head	Shell
WritingPrompts	WP Frustrated by years of legislative gridlock, the United States ratifies the 28th Amendment allowing bills to bypass Congressional voting and instead be decided via steel cage match. You're the last actual politician in a Senate full of professional wrestlers.	United
todayilearned	TIL Facebook has a "Town Hall" feature that allows you to enter your address and auto generate a list of your representatives' FB pages and contact info	Facebook
television	15 Ways Total Bellas Proves John Cena Is A Douche!	Total
todayilearned	TIL: In 1938, RCA engineers picked up a "televisor" signal from the BBC because of a "freak weather incident," which is the only pre-war footage of television to exist	BBC
funny	The Irony of my Facebook feed	Facebook
gaming	Does an adapter exist to make a USB headset compatible with Xbox 360?	Xbox
Showerthoughts	There should be a "thumbs up, thumbs down" for Google search results. So people know which site is fake.	Google
AskReddit	How do Polygamist multiple wives in this case with 18 kids did you see the BBC Documentary too? pay for their lifestyle?	BBC
pics	Old Woman at Night in Hoi An! Sony A7s with the Zeiss Batis 85mm!	Sony
videos	My Friend attempts banana and Sprite challenge	Sprite
AskReddit	Which one is ur favorite KFC or Mcdonald's?	KFC
movies	The League United !!!	United
personalfinance	Hey guys, I came here not to long ago for a beginners credit card at the age 23 to start building credit. Through many recommendations I applied for Chase Freedom Ultimate. Sadly I got denied but was pre-approved for Chase Slate. What's your opinion on this card?	Chase
explainlikeimfive	ELI5: why aren't Libertarianism and Classical Liberalism the dominant economic and political philosophies, respectively, in the United States?	United
videos	Maggie Rogers thanks "faces behind computer screens" before playing Alaska in San Francisco	Rogers
Futurology	Great Scott!: Flying Taxis Could Soon Be Coming To A Sky Near You	Sky
Showerthoughts	Justice League could be better with Vincent Chase as Aquaman	Chase
videos	Ghost in the Shell - Bloopers & Behind the Scenes	Shell
WritingPrompts	WP There is a shortage of police in the United States, they've decided to implement a draft. You've been selected.	United
mildlyinteresting	The new Starbucks cup is the same color as my wall	Starbucks
AskReddit	Who is your most famous Facebook friend?	Facebook
Music	Lost the password/acct info to my old Apple Music library	Apple
funny	Found this on an iPad at the Apple Store.	Apple
Jokes	There's a pun about Apple glasses...	Apple
worldnews	Australia does not have to choose between the United States and China, the Australian prime minister said	United
AskReddit	What's the point in asking reddit a question on AskReddit when you can quickly Google it?	Google
funny	Did one of those Facebook things today...	Facebook
mildlyinteresting	Complimentary Mouthwash at the Ford Dealership	Ford
worldnews	Douglas Carswell quitting UKIP to become independent MP for Clacton - BBC News	BBC
worldnews	EU hails new alliance for supercomputers: Seven EU countries announced a joint initiative to acquire and deploy world-class high-performance computers, a project that is comparable to the size of Airbus or the Galileo satellite navigation project	Airbus
Futurology	EU hails new alliance for supercomputers: Seven EU countries announced a joint initiative to acquire and deploy world-class high-performance computers, a project that is comparable to the size of Airbus or the Galileo satellite navigation project	Airbus
videos	The first episode of a Mr. Rogers five-episode arc titled "Conflict", focusing on nuclear conflict and war. The episodes have been lost since the mid-90's until now...	Rogers
mildlyinteresting	This box of apples had an Apple Usage Chart	Apple
personalfinance	Pay your cell phone bill with a Wells Fargo credit card	Wells Fargo
videos	Nerdy Uber Driver Surprises Passengers with his Talent	Uber
AskReddit	Is it dangerous using Adobe Zii for patching Adobe products? Will I get sued or something like that? What is the worst case scenario?	Adobe
Showerthoughts	One day there will be Google maps for hyperspace and worm holes, like the hi-way systems of today.	Google
videos	I think the United States postal service is downsizing	United
AskReddit	What are some benefits of Android phones that Apple users wouldn't know about?	Apple
nottheonion	Man in leopard-print robe, orange Crocs robs McDonald's with hairbrush	McDonald's
AskReddit	What do you feel are the top 3 most valued traits in the United States?	United
funny	When Tim Hortons puts you in your place	Tim Hortons
AskReddit	What was your bad Uber experience?	Uber
worldnews	Chinese court rules in favor of Apple in local design patent disputes	Apple
AskReddit	serious why is Google play being shut down?	Google
mildlyinteresting	This Volkswagen devil	Volkswagen
AskReddit	Why do hockey and soccer fans in the United States have such an inferiority complex about basketball being way more culturally relevant?	United
news	Man in Business Suit and pig mask robs Rolex store in Las Vegas. Shots fired. GTAV real life.	Rolex
todayilearned	TIL "Devo" bassist/singer Gerald Casale witnessed the Kent State shootings. That day, he "stopped being a hippie" and focused on their concept of devolution, that mankind has begun to regress.	Kent
movies	Thoughts on the live action Ghost in the Shell movie.	Shell
pics	1956 Renault Etoile Filante, broke land speed records in the day.	Renault
worldnews	Belarus protests: Hundreds arrested after defying ban - BBC News	BBC
AskReddit	Gamers, If you could pick one game to buy for Xbox One what would it be and why?	Xbox
AskReddit	What is the most underrated state in the United States one that one one really talks about but is awesome?	United
worldnews	Thousands take to streets in anti-Brexit London march - BBC News	BBC
AskReddit	What is the most unbelievable video on Youtube you have ever seen that almost no one has seen?	Youtube
pics	Another Charter Spectrum Genius.	Charter
AskReddit	Where's the best place to get buffalo wings in the United States?	United
Showerthoughts	Really, since I accept the idea of aliens as a reality and the Beast could be just like an alien, Bell really isn't nasty for giving him some play before he transforms.	Bell
Showerthoughts	It's taken me too long to realise that the saying "that rings a bell" when remembering something, is in reference to the Pavlov's Bell experiments.	Bell
pics	Took this photo today in N Quito, Ecuador with a Canon 80D	Canon
photoshopbattles	PsBattle: BBC toddler addressing the crowd	BBC
AskReddit	Hey Reddit, what's the code for using the intercom at Walmart in 2017?	Walmart
funny	Children interrupt BBC News interview THE BACKWARDS EDITION	BBC
funny	Children interrupt BBC News interview THE BACKWARDS EDITION	BBC
mildlyinteresting	Someone coded a smiley face on CBS sports radio when you click to listen live.	CBS
mildlyinteresting	The Shazam logo looks like two Lego hands holding each other	Lego
food	I Ate Orange Pistachio Cassata with Blackberries and Citrus Olive Oil	Orange
worldnews	China Wants Total Access To Canada, May Seek To Import Its Own Workers	Total
Documentaries	The Secret World of Richard Nixon - BBC 2000	BBC
videos	Nerdy Uber Driver Surprises Passengers with his Talent	Uber
AskReddit	Put Donald Trump's mind & Twitter account into any former US President & how would they respond to an event that occurred during their presidency?	Twitter
funny	Thanks, Google AdSense! I'll take one hydraulic press for science, please.	Google
videos	Teenager stays hidden in Costco for 24 hours	Costco
AskReddit	serious why will Google play games be blocked?	Google
Documentaries	HOW TO STACK TOWERS IN BLOONS TD BATTLES! THE STRONGEST STRATEGY POSSIB...2014	TD
mildlyinteresting	This sign in Germany is telling you to leave the building in case of fire before you Twitter about it	Twitter
television	The first episode of a Mr. Rogers five-episode arc titled "Conflict" from 1983, focusing on nuclear conflict and war. The episodes have all been lost until now.	Rogers
sports	Booker's 70 gives Suns reason to celebrate - ESPN Video	ESPN