Star City made a one-off AUD 100,000 donation to the NSW Labor Party in the lead-up to the 2007 election - only months before it was due to begin negotiations with the State Government over its monopoly casino licence. The Daily Telegraph uncovered the payment in the party's latest 2007 election funding declarations submitted to the NSW Electoral Commission.

Gordon Brown left himself open to charges of hypocrisy after it emerged that Labour accepted a donation from an online gambling firm days before he killed off plans for a super casino. Labour received a GBP 100,000 donation from Bet365 Ltd on June 28 - the day after Mr Brown became Prime Minister. The company, founded by Labour donor Peter Coates, also gave a donation of GBP 50,000 in April when Tony Blair was still Prime Minister.