Pokies and Slot Machine Information

Albury enjoys a flutter

April 29, 2006 on 8:41 pm | In Slot machine articles online |

The city of Albury in Victoria, Australia has a remarkable turnover of citizen funds through its pokies:

“GAMBLERS pumped almost $450 million through Albury pokies last financial year.
The astonishing figures show that $447,119,409 was turned over in the city’s 1354 machines at 27 pubs or clubs in 2004-2005.That’s about $1.25 million a day and $330,000 for each machine during the year.”

These numbers are not atypical for Australian regional cities. The turnover, and player losses clearly demonstrate that the penetration of pokies has reached the point of no return.

There are mutterings by various political aspirants that they intend to try and win office with the intent of reducing pokies numbers - this has already happened in South Australia, where a “No pokies’ MP was recently returned to office with an increased majority.