Three people have been arrested at Star City casino overnight following an armed robbery near Wagga Wagga yesterday afternoon. Two people entered the credit union on Cowabbie Street, Coolamon, near Wagga Wagga, about 1.15pm yesterday and threatened staff with a shotgun, police said. They escaped with a sum of cash. One was wearing a balaclava and the other a motorcycle helmet, and the pair was last seen riding away on a stolen motorcycle, police said.

Detectives were reviewing surveillance footage and Golden West Casino management was preparing a statement regarding a robbery in which men armed with assault rifles and handguns stormed the operation early Thursday morning and got away with an undisclosed amount of money. Witnesses reported that four men with some sort of clothing partially covering their faces entered the casino, 1001 S. Union Ave., at about 4 a.m., sheriff's Senior Deputy Vincent Martinez said.

Gauteng police are hunting for a gang of heavily-armed men who opened fire at the Carnival City Casino in Brakpan on the East Rand early this morning. At least three people have been wounded in the shooting. Thousands of people were at Carnival City for the Air Supply concert at the time. Two policewomen on patrol in the area happened to spot the armed men.