NT pokies clubs report member perks, lavish upgrades as ‘community’ benefits
Free ice and WiFi for members, lavish renovations and free venue hire for members’ birthday bashes are among…
Unsealed cabinet records from 1995 reveals government spend on poker machines
A trove of unsealed cabinet records from 1995 reveals internal government discussions that led to an explosion in…
Researcher calls for more data on gambling-related suicides
Warning: This story contains discussion of addiction and suicide. Last month, Paul Fung’s friend took his life after…
Figures show areas with high Indigenous populations have more poker machines
Jeff Amatto has been able to recover from drug and alcohol abuse but the Wirajduru man says a…
Calls for football clubs to divest from pokies with more than $110 million lost to machines
Bree Hughes does not think in terms of dollars when asked how much she lost to poker machines…
Las Vegas licence hearing turns nightmare for boss of Australian pokies giant
The boss of an Australian poker machine giant has received an extraordinary public reprimand from US officials who…
Pokies taking more than $1 million from NSW gamblers every hour
Wesley Mission is demanding action from the NSW government as new figures show the state’s poker-machine players are…
SA’s pokie losses exceed $1bn for first time, $24m in Mount Gambier alone
More than $1 billion has been lost on poker machines in South Australia in the past year, with…
Pokies giant Mounties taken to civil court over anti-money laundering laws
The company that owns the most profitable pokie machine club in New South Wales is being taken to…