An outspoken pokies critic has raised concerns an upcoming study into the economic and social effects of gambling in Tasmania will be ignored by policymakers. ECONOMIST Saul Eslake has been appointed to help carry out a three-yearly study into the effects of...
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today called for the public consultation period for the fifth Social and Economic Impact Study of Gambling in Tasmania (SEIS) to be extended.“In simple terms, six weeks is not enough time. This call come on top of revelations...
Department of Treasury and Finance figures show $19,428,375 have poured into the machines in July – that’s $626,721 per day - and this spike in pokies losses was completely predictable. Meg Webb MLC talks with Martin Agatyn 7AD FM.
Letter to to the Editor The Premier is being untruthful every time he says "only 0.6 per cent" of Tasmanians are problem gamblers. He knows this because experts who conduct these prevalence studies say it is an underestimate.The data comes from a long phone survey...
Poker machine losses increased by 26 per cent in July compared to the previous July, Treasury figures show.The recently released figures show $19.4 million was lost to the machines in their first full month of operation in the state since coronavirus restrictions were...
Meg Webb MLC says pokies revenue of close to $20m does not stay in Tasmania and does not benefit local businesses or communities. LA FM Tasmania News 28 Aug 20
Tasmanians are pouring their money into poker machines at record levels according to newly released Treasury data.It shows a 28 percent spike on pre-pandemic pokie revenue and nearly $20 million in player losses throughout July across the state - $626,721 dollars a...
Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today Tasmanian poker machine losses have sky-rocketed to close to $20 million for July. “Department of Treasury and Finance figures show $19,428,375 have poured into the machines in July – that’s $626,721 per day,” Ms Webb...
Poker machines in Tasmania reopened in June after the COVID-19 shutdown. In July, losses sky-rocketed to close to $20 million. That's up 28 per cent on February and an increase of 26 per cent on July last year. Independent Member for Nelson, Meg Webb explains. ...
Information Requested from Departments of Communities Tasmania and Treasury and Finance Requested on 20 July 2020; Due 19 August 2020; In context of Tasmania’s coronavirus pandemic please provide information relating to the decision to allow the reopening of poker...
