Tag: gambling

Pokies Drain Families as Cost-of-Living Soars
September 20, 2024
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Rob Norman
As Queenslanders battle rising living costs, the devastating impact of pokie machines is becoming more evident. New figures show $326 million was lost to pokies in just thirty-one days, as those facing financial pressure gamble out of desperation. In an article published by the NT News, Professor Matthew Rockloff, head of CQUniversity’s Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory,… Read More
WA Government introduces Pokies by Stealth
June 19, 2019
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ACL Webmaster
Currently, West Australians lose only half as much per capita from gambling as their eastern state counterparts for the simple reason we don’t have pokies – and we should keep it that way. Read More
Victorian Poker Machines. All addicted: punters, government, political parties and supermarkets
January 31, 2019
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ACL Webmaster
Victorians lost a record amount of $2.726 billion to poker machines in 2018 according to the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation report tabled this month. Read More

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