Victorians lose $7m a day to poker machines
July 12, 2006 on 2:26 pm | In Slot machine overviews |Victorians appetite for gambling on pokies is continuing to grow. After a minor hiccup related to the introduction of smoking bans, losses are back to almost record levels:
“with punters losing almost $2.5 billion in the past financial year”
A startling insight into the demographic of gamblers was revealed in the article, based on prior research:
” 43 per cent of the losses came from 2-3 per cent of players who were problem gamblers”
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