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Travel habit nets Lotto player $1m
A woman's habit of buying a Lotto ticket in each new town she visits has paid off.
Poker hopefuls head south
Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.
Judge calls bluff on online gambling site
A New Zealand judge has ruled that advertisements for Pokerstars.net and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour run on TV3 and C4 were not promoting online gambling.
Underworld links tarnish sumo stars' reputations
Storm clouds are gathering above the beloved Japanese sport of sumo.
Drug dealer hired as police officer
A constable was suspended on full pay for three years until he was found guilty of supplying methamphetamine just months before he applied for the job.
Glenfield shoppers buzz over $13.8m Powerball win
He didn't win the big one himself but Saurabh Patel is still a very happy man.
Accused played poker as boy lay dying, court told
Dylan Rimoni was in bed struggling to breathe and slowly dying from a brain injury while his caregiver played internet poker.
Local player takes out NZ Poker Open
Poker royalty turned out this weekend for the annual Queen's Birthday poker tournament.
NZer makes poker history in US
A New Zealander has become the first Kiwi to win one of the poker world’s most coveted trophies.
PM's adviser living it up in Sin City
John Key's right-hand man is living it up with big-spending lobbyists in the casinos of Las Vegas.
Activists sign-up to take hammers to pokie machines
Support for a hammer attack on pokie machines is growing with about 40 people reportedly signed up.
Drug dealers spent $20m on pokies to launder drug cash
Two of the biggest drug dealers in Auckland spent nearly $20m at SkyCity, while using the casino as an office to plan P deals.