NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has convinced his cabinet to back major pokie reforms, and they will be a vast improvement on the current situation.
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New technology, big jackpots and rubbery regulation means bingo’s friendly reputation is due for a rethink.
Pokie venues are starting to reopen across the country. For at-risk gamblers, this is a worrying time as they emerge from a long compulsory break from playing.
With perhaps months stuck at home due to coronavirus, gamblers may be tempted to engage more heavily in online betting. New regulations are urgently needed to restrict online bet sizes and credit card use.
How many happy gamblers, jobs and profits does it take to make up for the suicides, bankruptcies and domestic violence? Regulators must make cost-benefit guesstimates when considering applications.
Gambling operators are required by law to donate some of their revenue for charitable purposes. But a review of data in Victoria shows that charitable giving is actually far less than they claim.
Electronic gambling machines can be highly addictive, and are associated with very high rates of gambling harm. Many of the mechanisms of this potential for addiction are now becoming clearer.
Even with responsible gambling measures in place, excessive gambling remains a problem and a significant cost to society.
Pokies, housing, hospitals and gun laws might have been the specific issues that dominated the campaign, but the decisive factor was Tasmanians’ enduring apprehension about minority government.
Pokies companies want to keep their customers “in the zone”, that’s why they spend so much to keep tabs on them.
Nick Xenophon says the proposals encapsulated in his party’s gambling policy for the South Australian election are just the start of a wider push for reform.
The Tasmanian Liberal party is promoting gaming industry estimates that ‘around 5,000 jobs’ would be at risk if poker machines were removed from pubs and clubs in Tasmania. Are the estimates correct?
Disadvantage predicts the extent of poker machine losses far more in Tasmania than in other Australian states and territories.
Research that studied the pokie risks gamblers were prepared to take after they held a live crocodile has been awarded one of this year’s Ig Nobel prizes.
Gambling has impacts on many aspects of life – including employment, income and wealth. The release of HILDA’s latest survey provides more evidence to help inform decisions on gambling policy.
While fewer people are gambling on the pokies, the amount of money lost per gambler has remained relatively constant over time.
In Tasmania, a changing cast of actors has colluded to grant extreme riches to a single family, extracted in large part from the state’s most disadvantaged citizens.
Allowing pokies to continue to be concentrated in Tasmania’s most stressed local areas will continue to cause preventable harm to tens of thousands of Tasmanians every year.
The gambling industry continues to make handsome donations to our politicians, and recently named some of those it supports.
The harm pokies cause is widespread and tends to affect those already under significant stress. $1 bets are a good first step toward reducing this harm.
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer (Geographic Information Systems), Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, Monash University
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Head, Experimental Gambling Research Lab, CQUniversity Australia
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James Doughney is a Friend of The Conversation.
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