Law firm Maurice Blackburn that plans to use Australian consumer law to argue that poker machine operators are engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct to trick gamblers into using poker machines.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Pokie Nation
Displaying all articles
Australians seem uniquely vulnerable to the siren call of poker machines. Here are 15 reasons that suggest why this is so, what impact it has, and what can be done about it.
Some clubs provide genuine benefits to their communities. Unfortunately, clubs have developed significant poker machine dependency – an average of about 60% of total revenue.
The basic characteristics of pokies, combined with constantly refined game features, provide a stimulus to the brain that, in many cases, leads to a form of addiction.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
-
Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
-
Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
-
Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canberra
-
PhD Candidate, Monash University
-
Monash University
