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Australians’ love affair with poker machines skyrockets after COVID-19 lockdown – NEWS.com.au
Australians’ love affair with poker machines skyrockets after COVID-19 lockdown
Australians have sunk hundreds of millions of dollars into poker machines since emerging from COVID-19 lockdowns, prompting renewed calls for licensed premises to do more to reduce rates of addiction.Pubs and clubs across Queensland raked in almost $300 million in July alone, despite social distancing restrictions drastically reducing the number of patrons allowed inside at one time.
It was the sunshine state’s biggest monthly spend on gaming machines in the past three years, and came as soon a…
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