#pokermachines — Public Fediverse posts

People, mostly from working class suburbs, lost a record $9.3 billion on the pokies in the past year.

That's in New South Wales alone!

"Punters lost a record $9.3 billion on NSW poker machines last year – a surge of 8 per cent on the previous 12 months – as a sophisticated lobbying effort by the gambling industry stalls progress on political pledges to reduce harm in suburbs across Sydney.

"Newly released figures reveal $785 million was lost in the Canterbury-Bankstown area alone, as well as $720 million in Fairfield, $535 million in the Cumberland local government area, $420 million in central Sydney and $355 million on the Central Coast.
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"The losses represent about $179 million each week – or $1.1 million per hour – with most of the damage occurring in some of Sydney’s most disadvantaged suburbs, according to the Liquor and Gaming NSW report.

"The state government’s independent panel on gambling reform produced a series of harm minimisation recommendations in December 2024 which were savaged by the pubs and clubs industry as going too far, and by reform advocates as not doing enough."

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/179m-a-week-or-1-1m-per-hour-the-shocking-numbers-crushing-sydney-20260320-p5qscx.html

#auspol #nswpol #gaming #gambling #pokies #pokermachines

Unsealed cabinet records from 1995 reveals government spend on poker machines

A trove of unsealed cabinet records from 1995 reveals internal government discussions that led to an explosion in…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #1995 #Cabinet #chiefminister #coolio #euthanasia #governmentrecords #History #marshallperron #northernterritory #ntgovernment #pokermachines #pokies #Politics #sportingclubs #TopNews #TopStories #VAD #voluntaryassisteddying
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/384299/

"e vice club".

Social commentary on Australia's gambling machine problem through vandalism.

#gambling #australia #pokermachines

The University of Sydney has financial ties to the world's largest poker machine manufacturer and a global sports betting giant—both of which have funded its research and academic programs. Experts are calling for greater scrutiny of these "disappointing" relationships with the gambling industry.

#universityofsydney #gamblingindustry #pokermachines #sportsbetting #academicethics #researchfunding #accountability

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/27/university-of-sydney-has-invested-in-worlds-biggest-poker-machine-maker-and-global-betting-giant-ntwnfb

New data just dropped: Last year, folks in NSW set a record with $8.1 billion lost on poker machines! Shockingly, the hardest-hit areas were in Sydney's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. 😮💰 #NSW #PokerMachineReform #PokerMachines #gambling #gamblinglobby

https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-residents-gambled-and-lost-8-billion-to-poker-machines-in-2023/aea0c6d9-25e5-46e0-b410-6e4841bdbbe1

Gamblers to be restricted to $100 limits on #pokermachines in #Victoria as part of new reforms #GAMBLING

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-16/pokie-reforms-announced-for-victoria/102607622

#NSW government accused of bowing to #gambling #lobby as cashless gaming trial delayed. Trial for 500 poker machines won’t begin on 1 July as planned, with a panel to oversee it yet to be established. #nswpol #PokerMachines #pokermachine #gamblinglobby #lobbying

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/22/nsw-government-accused-of-bowing-to-gambling-lobby-as-cashless-gaming-trial-delayed

Is this the end for Australia’s powerful #gambling #lobby? #clubsnsw #laundering #lobbying #PokerMachines #4corners

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hME_PE8ZeQ

The report found that Canterbury-Bankstown accounted for the highest daily electronic gaming machine losses at $1.8m, followed by $1.7m in Fairfield and $1.2m in Cumberland. That's per day ! #PokerMachines #pokies #nsw #nswvotes #NSWVotes2023 #gambling

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/12/silent-epidemic-almost-two-thirds-of-sydneys-gambling-losses-occur-in-citys-west

#Pokermachines have reached such saturation levels in #NSW that gamblers are now losing more than $7 billion on them each year – vastly more than the amounts lost to betting on racing, sports and other events. (No mention of #moneylaundering ) #clubsnsw

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-four-charts-that-show-pokies-are-the-most-destructive-form-of-gambling-20230202-p5chit.html

https://rollo75.blogspot.com/2023/01/horse-3133-blow-up-pokies.html - blogged

Blow Up The Pokies

#NSWPol #PokerMachines #Pokies

The rest of the world is in disbelief at what the #gambling industry has pulled off in #Australia. We need real reform
#clubsnsw #moneylaundering #PokerMachines

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/17/the-rest-of-the-world-is-in-disbelief-at-what-the-gambling-industry-has-pulled-off-in-australia-we-need-real-reform

Dom's political assassination attempt

#nswvotes #NSWVotes2023 #moneylaundering #PokerMachines #nsw #Cashlesswelfarecard #clubsnsw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WcGDZUtPzjs

#WesternAustralia shows the harm #pokermachines are doing to the rest of the country.
#Pokies are banned in the state everywhere except #casinos – and it has the lowest rates of #gambling losses per capita in #Australia to show for it. #moneylaundering

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/jan/10/western-australia-shows-the-harm-poker-machines-are-doing-to-the-rest-of-the-country

#RSL #Australia president supports #NSW government's cashless #pokermachines push #moneylaundering

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-06/rsl-australia-president-supports-nsw-cashless-poker-machines/101831442

Cities Minister Rob Stokes says #NSW must ban registered clubs from donating to political parties, warning an “outrageous loophole” allows their financial support to come directly from #PokerMachines profits. #gambling #lobbying

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/nsw/an-outrageous-loophole-stokes-calls-for-end-to-clubs-political-donations-20221221-p5c81b.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed