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Klein is said to be interested in getting into sports administration.

Gambling ref Klein sat in on stewards inquiry while ‘training’ with Racing NSW

Ashley Klein, the State of Origin referee who had a $400,000 gambling problem known to the NRL, has been undertaking professional development at Racing NSW.

  • Chris Barrett

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NRL referee Ashley Klein.

Klein’s problem gambling spiralled on NRL’s watch

Rugby league’s top referee continued to gamble even as the NRL began monitoring his betting in 2019, accruing substantial losses that eventually prompted him to self-exclude.

  • Chris Barrett, Roy Masters and Adrian Proszenko
Ashley Klein is one of only three referees to have officiated 400 games in the NRL.

NRL’s number one referee had $400k gambling problem

Ashley Klein lost hundreds of thousands of dollars betting on horse racing and greyhound racing but was allowed to keep officiating in the sport’s biggest games.

  • Chris Barrett
West HQ chief executive Richard Errington.

The crusading club boss and his $1.7m side hustle

The gaming regulator is examining a Rooty Hill club’s decision to outsource a scoping study to its own CEO.

  • Harriet Alexander and Nigel Gladstone
The advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on Friday.

‘The case against it is overwhelming’: Howard joins Coalition MPs demanding tougher gambling laws

In an open letter, opposition MPs including frontbencher Andrew Hastie and deputy Nationals leader Darren Chester said: “Your proposed reforms do not go far enough.”

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Bowlers Terry Wright (left), Joanne Livingstone (centre) and local Asren Pugh want their club re-opened under community control.

‘They’re laughing at us’: How a community lost its beloved bowlo

Norths Leagues Club promised to fix the Bangalow Bowlo’s dilapidated clubhouse when they went into partnership. Now it’s using the state of the clubhouse to justify its decision to close the club.

  • Harriet Alexander
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Billionaire Adrian Portelli’s pseudo-lottery and membership business is under threat from Labor’s new gambling laws.

Adrian Portelli’s giveaway business to be outlawed

Billionaire Adrian Portelli’s lawyers have urged the government to not paint the whole industry with the same brush, as gambling reforms target giveaway businesses.

  • Angus Delaney and Natassia Chrysanthos
Pokies galore – let’s say 90,000 of them, through which NSW punters lost $9.3 billion last year.

‘Sorry, but’: Why the premier won’t let pokies risk his election jackpot

Some Labor figures want a big reduction in NSW’s 90,000 poker machines. Voters shouldn’t bet on it.

  • Michael McGowan
Union NSW boss Mark Morey, left, and Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne, right, are gearing up to challenge Premier Chris Minns on poker machine reform

Minns faces internal push for action on poker machines

Senior figures from the NSW Labor left and right factions are going to challenge the Minns government over pokies.

  • Michael McGowan
Patrons gamble on the poker machines at Bankstown Sports Club.

Second mega-club in firing line over dirty cash claims

The state’s top two most profitable clubs by gambling revenue are believed to have allowed organised criminals to use their poker machines to launder money.

  • Harriet Alexander