South Australia loses $750m on poker machines
July 8, 2006 on 1:49 pm | In Slot machine articles online |Residents of South Australia have lost 750 million Australian dollars on the pokies in 12 months.
“South Australians lost $751 million on poker machines in the past financial year, despite there being 1,500 fewer machines to play”
South Australia has a population of around 1.56 million. Losses per citizen equate to approximately $500, though obviously the population actually playing poker machines would be considerably less. Each installed slot machine makes an annual citizen wallet deduction of around $60,000.
Interestingly, we can see from the following document that the number of gaming machines and venues in South Australia is fairly static in the last year or so, after the decline of 1,500 in the previous year:
The South Australian government also publishes a list of installed poker machines by manufacturer:
Aristocrat is by far the #1 supplier, though its lead is very slowly being whittled away by IGT (worlds largest slot maker) and by Konami. IGT have introduced a new range of “Blue Chip” machines which are considerably improved graphically over their older machines. Japanese manufacturer Konami are known for innovative features in their games.
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