Please gamble responsibly.
by Penny Walker
We love casino games online and offline, we are fond of free bingo money, so we�re always claiming for more and more freedom to play, bet, and wing. Not always the government of he different countries would grant our petitions, though�But, this time, there is an agreement signed between the State Government (Australia) and Crown Casino regarding their federal budget, although it is being kept secret by the Government, and in spite of the facts they are also refusing to the advice it sought from Victoria's gambling watchdog - they requested the monitoring of gambling games in connection with that agreement, which has to do with using some federal funds to expand the gaming capacity of Crown Casino, which would allow for more free bingo money.When asked if the government would release the casino and the advisory agreement, a spokesman for the Treasurer said: "The details of the expansion of the Casino and their rate of taxes will be available when the legislation is presented to Parliament."Unfortunately, no explanation of the reasons why the agreement or the advice were being kept so secret to the general public. It seems that the only written document about the details of the agreement issued by the Government is just a press release. Mr. Peter Cohen, the chief executive of the Commission for Gambling Regulation of Victoria, stated that he could not release any information about the advice he has given Mr. Lender � the Treasurer - in connection with the casino, as it is information protected under the law regulating gambling � The Gamblig Regulation Act.Some weeks ago, Crown Casino was allowed one of their largest expansions in their capacity of gaming since it was launched in Southbank about 10 years ago: the casino will be allowed to install 150 additional gaming tables, which supposes an increase of over forty percent. That way, they will offer about 500 tables.But, such increase in tales � and in�free bingo money- implied an increase in the tax rates on the casino�s 2500 video poker machines. All this means some 60,000,000 dollars, an extra in tax revenues for the state government in just four years.However, the new agreement for Victoria's gambling facilities has been slammed by groups representing pubs, clubs and other establishments.