Victorian gamblers will be forced to set binding limits on daily poker machine losses while venues will be made to shut their gaming operations for at least six hours a day under new reforms.
Victorian gamblers will be forced to set binding limits on daily poker machine losses while venues will be made to shut their gaming operations for at least six hours a day under reforms being introduced by the state government to stem soaring losses.
So-called “load limits” – the maximum amount of money a player can feed into a poker machine at any one time – will be cut from $1000 to $100 under the changes. Data from the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, which has a legislative mandate to tackle gambling harm, shows poker machine players in pubs, clubs and hotels collectively lost a record $2.8 billion during the first 11 months of last financial year, up from just under $2 billion over the same 11-month period in 2021-22.
Carolyn Crawford, who was sentenced to jail at the age of 64 for stealing more than $400,000 from her employer to pay for her poker machine addiction, said the reforms would make an enormous difference.
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