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  1. CW: clothed lewd, chest closeup

    Trying out another zesty concept🤔

    #boobs #tits #pokies #bra #lingerie #nsfw #lewd #sexy

  2. 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.
    ...
    "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

  3. '$179m a week or $1.1m per hour: The shocking numbers crushing Sydney'

    '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.'

    As The Whitlams song goes, we need to Blow up the Pokies...
    smh.com.au/national/nsw/179m-a #gambling #pokies #health #nswpol

  4. not surprised 😬 removing their precious 💰

    "Sydney's Lord Gladstone Hotel owner decided to remove poker machines from his pub and thought he was doing the right thing, but the process made him feel like a criminal."

    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-23/lor

    #pokies #gambling #taxrevenue