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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

NSW pokies took $4.3bn from punters in six months as political leaders debated reform

Latest figures show total revenues from poker machines were $820m higher than in same period in 2019

New South Wales residents lost $4.3bn to poker machines in six months last year – $820m more than the total losses recorded in a similar period before the pandemic.

Data released this week by the gaming regulator found that while the state’s politicians were debating how to reform the sector in the last six months of 2022, punters were pouring billions into machines. The Liquor and Gaming NSW data covers machine profits in clubs from June to November 2022 and in pubs from July to December 2022.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/26/nsw-pokies-took-43bn-from-punters-in-six-months-as-political-leaders-debated-reform

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