NSW gaming machine losses average $22m a day as some states see rises of more than 30% on pre-Covid levels
Australians are losing billions of dollars more to poker machines than they were before the pandemic, with researchers attributing the sharp increase to “desperation” during a cost-of-living crisis.Separate analysis shows poker machine losses in some states last financial year were up to 34% higher than during 2018-19, which was the last 12-month period not affected by lockdowns that closed gambling venues.
“Desperate people often turn to desperate measures and some people unfortunately think they have an opportunity to win something,” Livingstone said. He said the lost money should have “helped families weather the cost-of-living crisis but instead has gone to propping up a harmful and predatory industry”.
“The overall number of machines had been trending downwards from 2019, so this reversal is disturbing, particularly when the current cap for poker machines in NSW is 96,000,” Cameron said.
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