Steve Cannane

Nick and Aimee Mazza's hard-earned cash was gambled away by a man they thought was investing it. Bookmakers encouraged him to keep betting.

Horrified by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ozzy signed up to fight with the Ukrainian foreign legion despite having no military experience. Within weeks, he was on the front lines, dodging attacks from rockets and suicide drones.

Gambling reform advocates say greater action is needed to crack down on offshore gambling operators who are illegally targeting Australians, including recovered addicts.

Gambling advertisements could be broadcast during TV programs that are popular with children, prompting concerns that the federal government's plans to restrict the ads won't go far enough to protect young people from harm.

Kate and the message she wants the PM to hear

When the prime minister answered a question about protecting children from gambling harm he gave statistics that mystified experts and advocates. The source of the figures remains a mystery.

The credibility of the Albanese government's much vaunted wagering self-exclusion scheme BetStop has been called into question after loopholes in the system allowed a Sydney man to lose nearly $70,000 despite signing up to a lifetime ban.

Paul Montgomery was brought in by these brothers as a trusted friend to run the financial side of their business but as they made him general manager, he stole millions, was duchessed by gambling company VIPs and lost it all while on a multi-million dollar losing streak.

A former financial planner who stole $3.3 million from his clients to fund his sports betting addiction writes to the prime minister from his prison cell, urging him to adopt the recommendations made by a parliamentary inquiry into online gambling harm.

For the first time, two of the people closest to the negotiations to free Julian Assange have revealed what it took to convince the United States to release the man who had published hundreds of thousands of their most secret documents.