Pokies and Slot Machine Information

Unusual incentives for playing pokies

February 10, 2006 on 1:02 am | In Slot machine articles online |

Although this link dates back to 2004, it provides an interesting insight into the types of activity that might go on in one of the smaller gaming machine establishments around New South Wales, Australia:

“The tussel to win an even bigger share of the punting dollar has led one hotel to offer ‘erotic men’s massage’ as an alternative to cash payouts… at the rate of 14,500 points an hour.”

Wesley Mission

Obviously this particular strategy to attract players is not widespread, and its use by one venue should not unfairly tarnish the reputation of others.

Another interesting insight from the link:

“The background and age of a typical problem gambler in NSW is of a Sydney-based Anglo-Australian male of 39 years.”

We’ll do some checking of other sites to see whether this data can be corroborated and extrapolated as a benchmark of problem gambler demographics.