Australian politicians took $147,000 worth of match tickets while weighing sports betting ban

Australian politicians were gifted about A$245,000 ($147,000) in match tickets over nearly two years by the country’s most popular sporting leagues as part of a lobbying campaign against a proposed ban on advertising of online gambling, according to Reuters calculations based on government documents. Lobbying by the gambling industry against the ban has been reported…

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Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Wednesday, April 16

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. Again, Atiku laments rising insecurity, says Tinubu govt has failed Nigerians Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticized the federal government over its handling of the country’s worsening security crisis, describing recent killings and attacks as evidence of a “total collapse” of…

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