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New Report Reveals Treatment Helped 90% Of National Gambling Treatment Service Users Reduce Their Problem Gambling Score

The analysis found for those clients that ended their treatment, their CORE-10 score, a measure of psychological distress, reduced by an average of eight points, with 74% classed as below the threshold of “moderate” distress. For clients who completed their treatment, four in five (86%) improved their CORE-10 score.

THE STAR COMMITS TO SMOKE-FREE INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS BY END OF 2022

The Star Entertainment Group has announced its properties in Queensland and NSW will be smoke-free indoor environments by the end of 2022.
 

The opening of Australia’s newest integrated resort – the $3.6 billion Queen’s Wharf project in Brisbane – will complete a Board-endorsed group wide move to no smoking indoors.

Macau Visitor tally rose sharply in September

The September tally of visitor arrivals in Macau rose sharply compared to August, said a recent announcement from the city’s Statistics and Census Service. Last month’s number was 449,085, up 97.7 percent on the prior month, showed the official data.

The statistics bureau attributed the increase to the resumption in late September of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) visas for mainland Chinese to travel to Macau.