{"id":34060,"date":"2022-10-04T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34060"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:17:57","slug":"australia-player-losses-on-ballarat-pokies-reach-us3-6m-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-player-losses-on-ballarat-pokies-reach-us3-6m-in-august","title":{"rendered":"Australia: player losses on Ballarat pokies reach US$3.6m in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Player losses at Ballarat’s 14 licensed venues were down from AU$5.94m in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Authorities in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, have reported that player losses on slot machines\u00a0reached AU$5.6m (US$3.6m) in August<\/strong>.\u00a0That’s a drop from July 2022’s figure of AU$5.94m, which was close to being a record. Pokies losses were more than AU$51m in the 2021-22 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figures have been flagged up by the Alliance for Gambling Reform. Its chief executive Carol Bennett<\/strong> told the Courier: “I am very conscious that Ballarat is one of the highest areas of loss in Victoria. It exacts a huge social and economic harm to families and the community.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bennett said the Alliance for Gambling Reform had noticed an increase in the exposure of children to gambling products and called the government to work to prevent children from being exposed to gambling ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news comes as the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs launches an inquiry into online gambling<\/a> and its impact on people with gambling problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peta Murphy MP<\/strong>, chair of the committee, said: \u201cthe inquiry will be a fresh look at online gambling and whether current laws, regulations, consumer protections and education and support programs are enough to reduce harm to gamblers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Committee is concerned about the increasing reach of online gambling platforms into Australians\u2019 lives, the exposure of children and young people to gambling advertising and how this may contribute to increases in problem gambling in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Player losses at Ballarat’s 14 licensed venues were down from AU$5.94m in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Player losses on slot machines in Ballarat, Victoria, reached AU$5.6m in August, a slight decrease from July's AU$5.94m, yet contributing to over AU$51m in the 2021-22 financial year. The Alliance for Gambling Reform highlights significant social and economic harm, particularly concerning children's exposure to gambling advertising. This data emerges as the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs launches an inquiry into online gambling's impact and the adequacy of current regulatory frameworks.","focusai_entities":"Alliance for Gambling Reform, Carol Bennett, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Peta Murphy MP","focusai_location":"Ballarat, Victoria, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of increased regulatory scrutiny and potential advertising restrictions on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for licensed operators in Victoria and across Australia?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Changes?","query":"Given the inquiry into online gambling, what specific amendments to the existing regulatory compliance and governance frameworks are most likely to be proposed to mitigate gambling harm?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[23907,573],"class_list":["post-34060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-land-based-casino","tag-slot-machines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34089,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34060\/revisions\/34089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}