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Victoria may axe pokies

May 13, 2006 on 3:55 pm | In Slot machine articles online |

The main opposition party in Victoria, Australia has announced plans to axe 5,000 or more of that States 30,000 poker machines if it wins the next election.

The Australian

Herald Sun

Victorians lose around 7 million dollars a day on pokies - a great deal of which ends up in government coffers. Around 20 percent of all Victorian Government revenue is now comprised of gambling revenues.

Of note in the Herald Sun article is the following comment:

“Investigations should be held to see if gaming operators’ computer systems were picking up problem gamblers through loyalty card schemes.”

Well there goes your privacy! The loyalty card schemes are of pretty limited value in most cases anyway, but having venues spy on your activity to try and deduce whether you are spending more than you should be is a little over the top.