{"id":777002334,"date":"2023-02-13T14:43:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002334"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:41:52","slug":"63-of-sydney-gaming-machine-losses-occur-in-western-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/63-of-sydney-gaming-machine-losses-occur-in-western-region","title":{"rendered":"63% of Sydney gaming machine losses occur in western region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Western Sydney University describes gambling-related harm as a “silent epidemic.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Western Sydney University <\/strong>has released a research paper titled Paying the Price: gambling-related-harm in Western Sydney. Describing gambling-related harm as a “silent epidemic,” the paper research concludes that Western Sydney accounts for 63 per cent<\/strong> of electronic gaming machine losses in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That figure is disproportional because Western Sydney has 52 per cent of Sydney\u2019s population, the paper says. It indicated that the highest daily electronic gaming machine losses were in Canterbury-Bankstown (AU$1.8m), followed by Fairfield (AU$1.7m) and Cumberland (AU$1.2m). The lowest were in Canada Bay, Hunters Hill and Lane Cove (AU$210,000) and Mosman and North Sydney (AU$170,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report notes that Western Sydney has a higher concentration of gaming machines per person, with one Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) for every 105 people, compared to one EGM per 113 people in the rest of Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Nance<\/strong>, the author of the report, said the oversaturation of gaming machines in western Sydney is a significant factor in gambling-related harm. Lakemba MP Jihad Dib<\/strong> has expressed concern about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on gambling behaviour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>NSW players lost AU$2.1bn on pokies in Q3 2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSW PM plans to make all gaming machines cashless within five years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet<\/strong> has announced that all gambling machines in the state will become cashless by 2028<\/strong> if the coalition government is re-elected in March. The government\u2019s gambling reform plan would also ban political donations from pubs and clubs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the government, the $344m plan is in response to a report by the New South Wales Crime Commission<\/a> (NSWCC), which found that poker machines across the state were being used to launder \u201cdirty cash.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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