Brian and Wendy Wilshaw are selling their Devon house and grounds, which they say is worth GBP 1m, in a GBP 25-per-entry competition. They have said that their legal advisors have cleared the competition, but one gambling law expert has raised questions about the legality of the plan. Antoinette Jucker is a gambling law expert with Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, and she thinks the competition is against the law.

A plan to boost the number of poker machines at a Chinese community club and shift operations closer to Star City Casino is worrying gambling experts, who warn that Asian people are unlikely to seek help for problem gambling. After 42 years at the corner of Goulburn and Pitt streets, the Mandarin Club has sold its building and lodged a development application with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority to relocate to 1 Dixon Street, in Chinatown.