AUSTRALIA – 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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Australia’
The Pitch – Satirical pitches to locate pokies in hospitals and schools
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Australian pokie battle round-up
Monday, November 7th, 2011AUSTRALIA – Pub pokies get the thumbs down as Queenslanders say throw the lot away. Courier Mail. Push for $1 pokies limit slammed by gaming industry The Australian. Poker machines are a bigger problem than spot-betting on sport. Daily Telegraph. Hotels exploiting pokies rules with note-changing machines. Adelaide Now.
Discussion on voluntary versus mandatory pre-commitment
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011AUSTRALIA - Would a voluntary pre-commitment on poker machines be a better plan than a mandatory one? The Federal Opposition has released a discussion on dealing with problem gamblers. The Coalition’s spokesman, Kevin Andrews, says it’s a clear rejection of the Government’s plan for a compulsory system. Kate Roberts is from the Gambling Impact Society and [...]
Pokie wars: Opposition to explore self-exclusion scheme
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011AUSTRALIA - Problem gamblers could be blocked from using ATMs under a national self-exclusion scheme which the Opposition will explore. Participation in self-exclusion programs could be extended to third parties such as immediate family members to help those with harmful gambling habits recover. And financial institutions could be asked to bar those in self-exclusion programs from [...]
How pokies pre-commitment puts you back in charge
Monday, October 31st, 2011AUSTRALIA- Interesting look at the philosophy of pre-commitment. The debate over the use of mandatory pre-commitment technology in poker machines is the latest front in an ongoing war that pits advocates of personal responsibility against people motivated by concerns over harm reduction. The Conversation. And a concise but comprehensive round up of the issues by a pokies [...]
Report shows gambling link for 1 in 5 mental health presentations
Monday, October 31st, 2011AUSTRALIA - Almost one in five people presenting to a public mental health service had a gambling problem and half of those were at risk of suicide, new state government funded research has revealed. The Age.
Packer says accusations of profiting from misery “hurts” after Wilkie raises suicide case
Sunday, October 30th, 2011AUSTRALIA - Anti-pokies MP Andrew Wilkie has said Crown’s profits come at a terrible human cost, recently mentioning the suicide of one punter at Crown Casino in Melbourne after he “blew the lot on the pokies”. Mr Packer today said he was particularly disappointed Mr Wilkie raised the May suicide of the 45-year-old man in a [...]
Gambling debate escalating in Australia
Friday, October 28th, 2011AUSTRALIA - Pressure on Canberra over pokies reform is escalating, with casino mogul James Packer, criticising the plan. Video at SkyNews Academic rubbishes Packer’s claims. Nine MSN. The passionate debate yesterday turned into a no-holds-barred slanging match with Senator Nick Xenophon saying asking Mr Packer about poker machines was like asking Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe about [...]
Australian Interactive Gambling Act under review, live-betting maybe allowed
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011AUSTRALIA - The Interactive Gambling Act currently bars internet in-the-run betting on AFL, NRL and all sports other than racing. It’s permitted only by phone, or at retail outlets, or to overseas gamblers. Sydney Morning Herald.
Cheating in sport: Smug Australians discover rats in their own ranks
Monday, October 24th, 2011AUSTRALIA - ‘Australia’s sports have been allowed to become soaked in the culture of betting,’ veteran sports commentator Patrick Smith wrote in The Australian. ‘The administrators have allowed betting to become as important as the sport.’ Monsters and Critics & The Australian
