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Aussie gamblers put 90 billion dollars through slots

January 22, 2006 on 5:30 pm | In Slot machine overviews |

Its well known that pokies are popular in Australia - we have more gaming machines per capita than just about anywhere.

According to an article in The Age in 2004, punters bet 90 billion dollars in the preceding year - up 6 percent on the year before. This equates to around $AUD4500 for every single person in the country.

Link to the Age article

The 90 billion dollar figure refers to the funds turned over in gaming machines - actual losses are much less - somewhere around 10% of this figure. Still, turnover of almost 250 million dollars a day across the country is a sign of the strong hold gaming machines hold over players.