{
  "id": 7684314,
  "title": "Revealed: The secret backroom dealings behind $1.1b lotto licence deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/revealed-the-secret-backroom-dealings-behind-1-1b-lotto-licence-deal-7684314",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T01:46:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/revealed-the-secret-backroom-dealings-behind-1-1bn-lotto-licence-deal-20260916-p60xqt.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The auditor-general has laid bare how the government struck a 40-year extension of Victoria’s lotto licence, prompting criticism that it used the deal to prop up the budget.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Revealed: The secret backroom dealings behind $1.1b lotto licence deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/revealed-the-secret-backroom-dealings-behind-1-1b-lotto-licence-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-16T01:46:40.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}