![]() Collingwood exit gaming industry after agreeing to sell poker machines to Melbourne Racing Club. COLLINGWOOD is the latest club to quit its pokies operations and exit the gaming industry after agreeing to sell its two gaming venues to the Melbourne Racing Club. |
![]() Harm-minimisation underpins the Greens approach to problem gambling. The prevalence of problem gambling associated with Electronic Gaming Machines EGMs, or pokies, is directly related to the accessibility and particular characteristics of pokies. Pokies are a net drain on our economy and are concentrated in areas that have low socio-economic incomes and expenditure is significantly higher in these areas. |
![]() The state government said laws were changed last year to give the minister the power to change the 50-50 split from 2022. Ms Kairouz said the Andrews government had frozen the total number of pokies in Victoria for the next 25 years, capped pokies in vulnerable areas and instituted cash withdrawal limits in gaming venues. |
![]() The ALH group is one of the largest operators of pokies in Australia and Mr Wilkie said the supermarket group should get rid of its machines. If" they really want to protect their corporate reputation, frankly, they should get out of poker machines, Mr Wilkie said. |
![]() Ms Bardsley said she lost tens of thousands of dollars to the pokies, and came to State Parliament last year to urge politicians not to double the duration of pokies licences. They" threw us under the bus I felt that me and all the people like me had been thrown under the bus." |
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![]() Victorias rising pokies losses, which generated more than $1.1 billion in taxes for the state government, have renewed political pressure for tougher action to curb pokies-related harm, including dropping maximum bets on poker machines from $5 to $1 and curbing late-night trading hours for pubs with pokies rooms. |
![]() For context, in 2015-16, $2.9bn of Australias total gambling losses were spent on racing, and $920m was spent on sports betting. One Last Spin: the Power and Peril of the Pokies, a book about pokies in Australia by Drew Rooke, is out in May through Scribe. |
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