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NSW has fewer poker machines but we are gambling more on them than last year – Sydney Morning Herald
Federal MP Andrew Wilkie says when the machines came back online, money meant to help families struggling through COVID-19 was “harvested by the manipulative po…
There is evidence that people gambled superannuation savings withdrawn due to COVID-related hardship, he said.
NSW was the first state to allow gambling venues to reopen, and government stimulus payments are likely to be boosting poker machine profits, similar to the pokies and plasma payouts of 2008-2009, Gambling treatment and research centre director at the University of Sydney, Associate Professor Sally Gainsbury said.
“The first (GFC) package targeted mainly low-income households and pens…
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