{"id":18536,"date":"2021-06-01T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18536"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:00:52","slug":"australian-capital-to-review-slot-machine-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-capital-to-review-slot-machine-rules","title":{"rendered":"Australian Capital to review slot machine rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are analysing the introduction of new rules to reduce the number of slot machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The <strong>Australian Capital Territory&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-capital-launches-advisory-council-on-gambling-harm\">new advisory council<\/a>\u00a0on <strong>gambling harm reduction<\/strong> is to analyse measures aimed to reduce the number of slot machines, known locally as\u00a0<strong>poker machines<\/strong>, in the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advisory council seeks to\u00a0<strong>reduce the number of gaming machine licences to 3,500 and introduce AU$5 (US$3.89) bet limits<\/strong>. It will also run a self-exclusion scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for Gaming<strong>\u00a0Shane Rattenbury<\/strong>, whochairs thenew advisory council, said he will work together with local clubs to help people with gambling-related issues and to find ways for clubs to <strong>diversify their profits\u00a0<\/strong>by adding services and products not related to gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate Seselja, founder of The Hope Project, praised the announcement and said she believed and<strong> clubs should become slots-free<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are analysing the introduction of new rules to reduce the number of slot machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is considering new regulatory measures to significantly reduce the number of gaming machines (poker machines) to 3,500 and introduce AU$5 bet limits. 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