Mercury | 3 September 2025; pg 9. Article- Pokies loss tops $18m in a monthDavid KillickTasmanians lost more than $18m gambling on poker machines in July, the highest monthly figure in five years, new Treasury data shows.Reforms to gambling laws intended to reduce...
Watch the 7 Nightly TV News bulletin of Tuesday, 2nd of September 2025, interviewing Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb MLC regarding the shocking amount Tasmanians lost on pokies for the month of July alone.
July Pokies Losses of $600,000 per Day Demand Urgent ActionTuesday, 2 September 2025Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb today described the monthly July pokies losses, totalling almost $18.5 million, as a clanging alarm bell demanding urgent action.“Tasmanians lost...
Pulse Tasmania - Digital Online | 28 June 2025Â Tasmanians lost $16.4 million on gaming machines in MayNew Treasury figures show Tasmanians lost $16.4 million on gaming machines in May, the highest monthly total this year.So far, the state has racked up $79.9 million...
Pokies Losses Skyrocket Despite Less Machines and VenuesFriday, 27 June 2025Tasmanians have lost a shocking $16.4 million on poker machines for the month of May, the highest monthly amount for 2025, and setting a concerning trajectory towards the state recording the...
Will Deloitte Report Be Vetoed by Pokies Industry?Independent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the Rockliff Government must clarify immediately whether the pokies industry has sought changes to the draft Deloitte Access Economics Report on the pokies mandatory...
Government Must Stop Ghosting the Independent TNPMIndependent Member for Nelson Meg Webb said today the State Government must heed the urgent calls by the independent Tasmanian National Preventive Mechanism (TNPM), Mr Richard Connock, and immediately fund the Office...
The Mercury | 23 November 2024; pg 13.Pokies raking in the money'Obscene' profit boost after reformsDavid Killick  The state's poker machine operators are enjoying bumper profits under changes made to the licensing model introduced by the government two years ago.Data...
Information requested from the Department of Treasury and Finance (Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission) as an Application for Assessed Disclosure, was submitted on 3 June 2024 (RTI Ref: 24/176399)RTI application response and documents were released dated 19 August...
Matt Maloney | Examiner - Digital Online | 22 November 2024Massive profits for venues of new poker machines licencing model revealedThe state government this week shelved plans to introduce a gaming card which would have set default limits for poker machine...
