Tag: pokies
Sydney Man Contemplates Life After Considering His Cat Instead of Suicide
Australia is currently the country with the highest number of gambling machines per capita in the world. Poker machines, popular as pokies, are everywhere. People can engage in betting on those machines in pubs, bars, clubs and even hotels. This widespread availability helped increase the popularity of the pokie machines and sadly, results in millions […]
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Critics Claim NSW’s Pokies Industry Has Revived by Exploiting Vulnerable Individuals
Liquor and Gaming NSW, a regulatory body responsible for gambling in the Australian state of New South Wales, has published the local pokies industry’s 2022 results. The financial figures show that the sector has rebounded since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic but some fear this might be at the expense of the players’ safety. […]
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