David Killick | Mercury Newspaper | 13 August 2021 MEMBERS of casino premium pokies programs will be required to put annual limits on their losses under a new scheme unveiled by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission. It is the first time in Australia that...
Alexandra Humphries | ABC News Online | 14 August 2021 — but experts see too many loopholes Eleven years ago, Robert Kreshl was living on the streets of Hobart, sick with pneumonia and pleurisy, $17,000 in debt and addicted to poker machines."It was pretty rough, I...
Isabel Bird | Examiner Newspaper | 12 August 2021 A pokie machine membership program, complete with benefits, will have a mandatory betting limit within its rules that is being touted as a harm minimisation measure by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission.The...
7 News | August 10, 2021 Economic modelling, funded by former Tasmanian Liberal Deputy-Premier and Attorney-General Sir Max Bingham, shows Tasmanian taxpayers missing out on at least $367 million to the poker machine industry. “Tasmanian taxpayers will miss out on...
Matt Maloney | Examiner & Advocate Newspapers | 9 August 2021A former Tasmanian Attorney-General and serving parliamentarian have presented economic modelling which suggests proposed gaming legislation would result in a $367 million loss for taxpayers to the poker...
Media Release| 9 August 2021 Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb’s submission on the Future Gaming Markets legislation includes independent economic modelling showing Tasmanian taxpayers missing out on at least $367 million to the poker machine industry.The...
Rob Inglis |Mercury Newspaper | 13 July 2021 FEDERAL Group isn’t saying whether it intends to sell off any of its 12 pubs, with the state government’s proposed gaming policy set to significantly increase their capital value.The new model for Tasmania’s gaming...
Laura Beavis |ABC News | 9 July , 2021 Small pub and club owners may lose out under the proposed Future Gaming legislation.
Andrew Chounding |Examiner | 8 July , 2021Critics of the state's proposed gaming legislation say new changes do not address the social impact gambling has on the community, and that more must be done to address the harm caused.The proposed legislation would see an...
Catherine Zengerer | ABC Mornings | July 8, 2021 Meg Webb MLC speaks about the Tasmanian Government's draft gaming legislation with Catherine Zengerer on ABC Mornings. Read more on Meg's Pokies page
