A recently published report has indicated that the Aussies rank eighth in the world for the number of pokie machines per capita. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, there is 1 pokie machine for every 110 Australian adults, a figure that is causing some alarm in the political circles down under.
The report goes on to state that there are a total of 186,344 gaming machines in Australia, a figure which the anti-gambling lobby have been quick to pick up on. Ranking above Australia are the heavyweight gambling meccas of Macau and Monaco. Australia has some way to catch up with these gambling giants who boast an amazing figure of 1 pokie machine for every 10 members of the population.
Federal ministers are due to report next month on problem gambling, and the release of these statistics couldn’t have come at a worse time for the under siege Australian pro-gambling lobby. Recent activity in the Australian market has seen the Productivity Commission proposing the ban of automated cash teller machines from all pokie venues, as well as suggesting that the current shut down limit for pokie machines be increased from its present limit of 6 hours a day.
However, it’s not all bad news for the Australian gambling market, with some of Australia’s largest banks labelling these proposals as unworkable.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald and the Online Pokies Club – the number one site for online pokies.
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This entry was written by admin on Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 11:07 pm and is filed under News.
