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Comment – Good rules protect the community

Comment – Good rules protect the community

Comment | Kingborough Chronicle | October 20, 2020  When it comes to products that can be harmful or dangerous, we make laws and regulations to ensure that community members are protected and harms or dangers are minimised as much as possible.This approach can be seen...

Help make good rules to minimise harm

Help make good rules to minimise harm

Comment | Diverse Tassie | October 2020     When it comes to products that can be harmful or dangerous, we make laws and regulations to ensure that community members are protected and harms or dangers are minimised as much as possible.You can see this approach in the...

Poker machine harm minimisaton opportunities for Tasmania

Poker machine harm minimisaton opportunities for Tasmania

Lucy Breaden | ABC Radio Drive | October 8, 2020  Meg Webb calls on the Tasmanian Govt to implement evidence-based measures to reduce losses by problem pokers gamblers in light the bold and proactive approach the NSW Govt is taking to minimise pokies harm. Meg also...

Pokies Losses Skyrocket

Pokies Losses Skyrocket

Helen Kempton | Mercury Newspaper | October 5, 2020    THE amount Tasmanians are losing on poker machines since casinos, clubs and pubs reopened continues to surge with one local government area notching a jump of over 40 per cent in just a month.Tasmania recorded...

Losses to Tasmanian poker machines in August revealed

Losses to Tasmanian poker machines in August revealed

Matt Maloney | Examiner and Advocate Newspapers | September 29, 2020     Poker machine losses in Launceston reached $1.79 million.   Data released by Treasury showed losses in the city the second highest out of all the state's municipalities at $1.79 million.There was...

Help make good rules to minimise harm

August Pokies Losses more than $18 Million

Aaron Agatyn | Tasmania Talks | September 28, 2020   Tasmanians lost over $18 million, close to $600K every day, on pokies in August.  Meg Webb speaks with Martin Agatyn on Tasmania Talks.    

Tasmanians lost $18 million on poker machines in August

Tasmanians lost $18 million on poker machines in August

Helen Kempton | Mercury Newspaper | September 28, 2020  The latest poker machine data shows $18M in losses were recorded in Tasmania in August – a massive surge since machines were switched back on after the pandemic. See what areas lead the charge. THE amount of...

Tasmanian poker machine losses surge to almost $600,000 per day

Tasmanian poker machine losses surge to almost $600,000 per day

Bob Burton | Tasmanian Inquirer | September 28, 2020   Over $137 million lost over the past year   New government data reveal losses on Tasmanian poker machines were almost $600,000 per day in August, significantly higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.Data added...

While pokies were closed
due to COVID-19
Tasmanians saved

Poker machines were closed in Tasmania on March 23, 2020
and reopened on June 26, 2020.
In 2018-19 Tasmanians lost $171,603,745 to poker machines

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