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I want to see all political advertising and donations banned outright with all parties getting an allocated budget from the AEC.
A step in the right direction but still weaksauce compared to WA banning them outright. They ruin not just the lives of gamblers and their families but also pub culture in general.
So true regarding pub culture. (And of course ruining lives)
I was about 25 when pokies were brought into Victoria. So many pubs in the suburbs which had live music soon shut down temporarily, and when they reopened they were all pokies venues.
It was very damaging for the live music scene.
About bloody time. I dream of a day when the majority of pubs are not pokie dens.
Good
Premier Daniel Andrews said the changes would give Victoria the toughest electronic gambling restrictions in Australia.
Tas is limiting our cashless gambling card to $100 per day, $500 per month and a soft cap of $5,000 per year. I’d say you gotta try harder, Dan. You can tell it’ll be effective because the hospitality and gaming industries are big mad about it.
This sounds like a great idea.
Is there anything in place to stop people having multiple cashless gambling cards?
The cards are ostensibly tied to your identity so I guess the penalties for fraud and/or identity theft is a barrier to having multiple cards. There is supposed to be a guest card system for out-of-state gamblers but those have an expiry date.
What this will mostly do is increase the underground gambling world, addiction is not something you fix by putting a limitation.
This is true, however underground gambling is typically card and table games.
What this could do is stop grandma from putting $400 through a machine after going to a venue for the $8 roast of the day.
Bullshit, see smoking for an example.
It still works as a harm reduction measure. As with all things, making things more difficult decreases the amount of people that do it. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Every little bit of pressure on these vices helps strangle the industry.
“but it’ll just go underground” is a stupid reason to stand in the way of this
$100 at a time. You can still put in $1000s in one session
EDIT: Actually I thought about it and at least you can only lose $100 at a time. It’s still a mess
Was in Crown a few weeks ago. Hadn’t been there in 10 years, was there for a friends dinner. Out of curiosity walked through the gaming floor. There were SO MANY pokie machines. It was shocking to see. So sad for the people using them. I couldn’t help wondering how many were loosing their savings.
I used a poker machine once. Put in $5//10 came out on top by $5/10. Never touched one again. Drive them all into the desert and drop a bomb on them, IMO.
I did a similar thing on my first visit to Vegas. I put a quarter into a slot machine because I was a tourist. I won $25 and cashed out straight away.
The casino still got that money back though, I spent it on the New York New York rollercoaster.
