11/08/23 Police in New Taipei raid arcade venue over illegal gambling The venue was allegedly using modified claw machines.
06/02/23 ILGA welcomes new research on late-night poker machine harm The report found increased harm among those that gamble late at night.
05/11/23 NSW proposes ban on political donations from clubs with pokies The New South Wales government aims to reduce the influence of the gambling industry on politics in the state.
02/02/23 New Zealand’s Waimate Council approves sinking lid policy for slots The new rules will limit the number of slot machines in the district but will allow local gambling venues to relocate.
12/06/22 NSW Greens propose phasing out of pokies at clubs and pubs The party wants to introduce a super tax and phase out pokies in New South Wales within 10 years.
10/28/22 NSW Labor leader won’t commit to cashless gambling cards proposal Chris Minns notes that the industry has said the proposal would be cost-prohibitive.
10/10/22 NSW starts testing cashless gaming at Wests Newcastle A three-month trial will test how the technology operates in real-life conditions.
09/05/22 Australians lost over US$7.74bn on poker machines in 2021 A study by the Gambling and Social Determinants Unit at Monash University revealed Australians lost over AU$11.4bn on slots.
08/10/22 Player losses on South Canterbury pokies reached $12m in 2021 Timaru boasts the highest annual per-person gambling spend in the Canterbury region.
08/02/22 New South Wales introduces new fines for casinos that breach rules Authorities have also announced that casinos could be fined AU$100m and that executives will be held accountable in cases of “serious wrongdoing”.
07/22/22 Queenslanders lose more than AU$250m per month on pokies The Alliance for Gambling Reform says that Queensland poker machine losses reached AU$2.789bn in 2021.
04/28/22 Australian Greens renew fight to ban gambling machines The NSW Greens party wants to phase pokies out of bars over five years due to the rise in gambling losses.
04/26/22 Calls for restrictions as slot losses hit new record in Victoria The Alliance for Gambling Reform wants a nationwide system that would require players to set a maximum bet and play time
02/28/22 Player losses on Victoria slots reach record AU$251m in December Player losses on Victoria slot machines reached AU$251m in the last month of 2021.
