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Pokies laws look safe bet

Pokies laws look safe bet

David Killick | Mercury | 18 November 2021  Labor has been accused of “betraying the battlers of Tasmania” by voting to prevent further scrutiny of the government’s gambling reform legislation.CONTROVERSIAL gambling reforms look set to pass the Legislative Council in...

Pokies reforms under scrutiny

Pokies reforms under scrutiny

Sue Bailey | Mercury | 15 November 2021  THE future of the government’s controversial poker machine reforms will again be debated in the Legislative Council this week.At least one member of the Upper House it set to move for the Bill to be referred to a committee for...

Webb’s pokie law marathon: Record seven-hour speech

Webb’s pokie law marathon: Record seven-hour speech

David Killick | Mercury | 12 November 2021  TASMANIA’S Upper House members last night sat through what was labelled the Legislative Councils’ longest ever speech as debate surrounding gambling legislation dragged into the late hours of the evening.MLCs heard major...

Labor MLCs ‘in the gun’ on gaming

Labor MLCs ‘in the gun’ on gaming

Matt Maloney | Examiner | 9 November 2021  LABOR MLCs who do not stand by their previously held views on the damage caused by poker machines this week could have their pre-selection chances damaged, party powerbroker Tim Jacobson says.Mr Jacobson, who is the head of...

Once in a generation chance

Once in a generation chance

Kingborough Chronicle | 9 November 2021  Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC aims to send the Tasmanian Government’s contentious Future Gaming Markets legislation to a parliamentary inquiry this week.In a media release on Monday, November 8, Ms Webb questioned...

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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