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Gamblers losses on poker machines in NSW hit a record high in 2024.

Gamblers now losing more than $1m an hour on NSW poker machines

The government has introduced various gambling reforms, but harm minimisation advocates say they will not make an impact.

  • Harriet Alexander

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More than $3.5 billion was spent on poker machines in Queensland hotels and clubs in 2024.

‘Extraordinary’: More than $3.5 billion slotted into Qld poker machines

“Gambling is taking an incredible toll on the community and we are sleep-walking,” one national campaigner said of the latest numbers from Queensland.

  • Josh Bavas
The three newest MPs to join NSW parliament all spoke out against gambling in the state.

Three MPs made their first speech this week. And they all spoke about one issue

Poker machine reforms were the unifying factor for three new MPs.

  • Nick Newling
Cashless gaming.

The election promise NSW Labor doesn’t want to talk about

A cashless gambling trial was meant to guide public policy on poker machines, but divisions are wider than ever and the government is in a pickle. What went wrong?

  • Harriet Alexander
Young people are using pokies more than other age categories.

‘Part of turning 18’: More young people are getting hooked on pokies

People aged 18 to 24 are the biggest users of poker machines in Victoria, having grown up in a culture where their use was normalised.

  • Cara Waters
NSW is losing $1 million an hour on pokies.

‘Callous exploitation’: NSW losing $1 million an hour on pokies

In one council area, more than $2 million a day was poured into poker machines during a three-month period, leaving gambling reform advocates furious.

  • Michael McGowan
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Crown Melbourne chief executive Mike Volkert, right, and former Crown Resorts chief executive Ciaran Carruthers at Flemington.

‘Do we care about player safety?’ Casino boss wants mandatory pokies reform

Crown casino was subjected to strict requirements after it was found to have facilitated money-laundering. Now it wants the same rules applied to everyone.

  • Harriet Alexander
No go: Essendon president David Barham has rejected a call to change the club’s constitution to acknowledge the harm the club’s poker machine licences have caused.

Dons urge members to vote against anti-pokies push; Pies and Hawks keen to swoop on Harris

An acknowledgement that their 190 poker machines in two venues are causing social harm would affect its financial independence from the AFL, Essendon says.

  • Jon Pierik and Peter Ryan
NSW Labor’s new report into pokies will stoke more division as the government works out how to tackle money laundering.

After a trial that pleased no one, NSW’s biggest gambling loser is clear

NSW Labor promised a cashless gaming trial, but it was always doomed to fail. Now it has an even bigger problem.

  • Alexandra Smith
A report into gambling reform has been panned by its own advisors.

‘Embarrassing, not credible’: Why pubs and clubs won’t back gambling scheme

The Australian Hotels Association sat on the advisory panel for gambling reform – but it has strongly rejected its final recommendations for account-based gaming.

  • Harriet Alexander and Max Maddison

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