Poker machines cause a great deal of social harm to vulnerable South Australians. Over $60 million is lost monthly on poker machines in South Australia, with a significant portion of this attributed losses suffered by women.
A. Do you support legislating for $1 bets?
B. What other measures do you support to help at-risk South Australians and their families?
Labor Party Position: No Labor members have answered the questionnaire.
SA Best Position:
There has been only one response from an SA Best candidate:
On 20 February 2018 Nick Xenophon the SA Best leader announced his party’s gambling policy:
- To seek to reduce South Australia’s more than 12,000 poker machines by a third;
- To seek to reduce the maximum bet to $1 per spin;
- To introduce a ban on political donations from the gambling industry;
- To reduce the maximum jackpot to $500.
The Greens Position:
No SA Greens candidate has answered the questionnaire. However the Greens would be pushing to phase out of pokies in pubs and clubs over five years: See https://sarah-hanson-young.greensmps.org.au/articles/pokies-must-go-action-harmful-gambling-addiction-greens