AUSTRALIA – Anthony Ball of Clubs Australia writes an opinion piece for The Drum, worth reading for the comments which alone as people literally tear strips off him. The Drum
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Pokies reform: Another silver bullet loses its shine
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Study Says Online Gamers may like taking bigger risks
Thursday, December 1st, 2011AUSTRALIA - A study of online gamblers suggests that people who bet over the internet are more likely to take bigger risks while betting than other gamblers. The survey, conducted by Southern Cross University, found that 80 per cent of people who gambled online were betting on racing and sports, with the remaining 20 per cent [...]
Gambling ads are raising the stakes
Thursday, December 1st, 2011AUSTRALIA - New research shows that Victorians are increasingly concerned about the risks posed by gambling marketing strategies, including gambling advertising at sporting events. In a new study of Victorian gamblers published in International Gambling Studies researchers from Monash University investigated how aware individuals were of gambling advertising; their attitudes towards gambling advertising; and what role [...]
Woolies joins fight against pokie reforms
Monday, November 28th, 2011AUSTRALIA - Supermarket giant Woolworths, which operates almost 300 hotels, has criticised the federal government’s proposed mandatory pre-commitment rules for poker machines. With more than 12,000 machines in around 300 hotels across the country, Woolworths owns more pokies than the top five Las Vegas casinos combined. Woolworths’ annual meeting was hijacked by anti-poker machine campaigners who quizzed [...]
Australia to impose 10-year jail terms for match fixing
Monday, November 21st, 2011AUSTRALIA – Australia will impose tough new penalties of up to 10 years in jail for match-fixing and betting on fixed matches after a meeting of the country’s national and state law ministers Courier Mail & Dawn.
Drug addiction treatment urged for gamblers
Monday, November 21st, 2011AUSTRALIA - The opioid addiction therapy drug naltrexone could be used to treat problem gamblers in severe cases, according to new guidelines for doctors on how to help people whose gambling is veering out of control. The guidelines, which have been approved by the federal government’s top health and clinical advice body, suggest the issue should [...]
$100m lost on ACT pokies as club tries to pass off $5.2 million venue price as a “community contribution”.
Thursday, November 17th, 2011AUSTRALIA - Canberra’s pokies losses reached a four-year high of more than $100million in 2010-2011 while the capital’s gambling barons were slashing their donations to good causes by more than 11 per cent. And one club bought itself a new gambling venue with associated commercial property and then tried to write-off the $5.2 million purchase [...]
AFL meets with reform MP Andrew Wilkie
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011AUSTRALIA - The AFL has quietly told independent MP Andrew Wilkie of its opposition to his poker machine reforms. AFL president Andrew Demetriou approached him to discuss club concerns about Mr Wilkie’s plan to force punters to set loss limits on poker machines. Herald Sun. The meeting was believed to be constructive and civil, with [...]
No pre-commitment to the truth in pro-pokie campaign
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011AUSTRALIA - The Australian Greens’ $1 maximum bet policy for poker machines has certainly set the hares running. Charles Livingstone rationally and calmly demolishes and exposes Clubs Australia’s mendacity. ABC The Drum.
The Pitch – Satirical pitches to locate pokies in hospitals and schools
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011AUSTRALIA – Australian TV show ‘Gruen Planet’, asked two agencies to help an industry under threat. If you believe Clubs Australia, new poker machine laws will ruin Australia. So to” help” the industry, Gruen asked the agencies to come up with a campaign to convince Australians to free the pokies from restrictive club environments and [...]
