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Victoria has recorded a new, all-time record high in poker machine losses with an annual total loss of $3.03 billion. “It has been more than a year now since the State Government promised to introduce sweeping reforms that were touted as Australia’s strongest gambling harm reduction laws and we are still waiting,” the Chief Advocate … Continued
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The Olympics broadcaster, the Nine Network, is on notice not to breach the advertising code by running gambling ads during its free-to-air and online coverage of the Paris games. Last Olympics the then broadcaster Seven aired 49 betting promotions during its Olympic coverage on its Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide broadcasts. Seven was also … Continued
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WATERFORD, Ireland, July 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Minimum Deposit Casinos (MDC), a premier online resource for casino enthusiasts, is delighted to announce the successful completion of its comprehensive website redesign. Initiated in May, this ambitious project has seen the migration of all pages and regions to a sleek, modernized interface, enhancing the user experience … Continued
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More than 35,000 people have signed a petition created by the Alliance for Gambling Reform calling for the Federal Government to ban all gambling advertising. The petition has 35,243 signatures and the Alliance is now urgently calling for more people to sign up in order to pressure the Federal Government to adopt all 31 … Continued
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Betting companies are taking advantage of weak advertising and consumer protection laws to offer inducements that encourage riskier bets and are cynically targeting people with gambling problems through tailored, personalised marketing. Inducements are insidiously packaged so a customer feels they are taking a ‘safer bet’, when research shows it actually leads to more intense betting … Continued
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Media release 9 July 2024 Public support surges to power down pokies after midnight, as trust in the Govt to stand up to the gambling industry drops An overwhelming 83% of survey respondents want pokies powered down between midnight and 10amand 72% say they don’t trust the NSW government to stand up to … Continued
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The State Government will review the Victorian Community Benefits Scheme after analysis released by The Alliance revealed clubs across the state were granting themselves an average of 77% of all the ‘community’ grants’ they made. New analysis released by the Alliance for Gambling Reform shows that of all the grants provided by Victorian clubs with … Continued
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The Alliance for Gambling Reform believes the Federal Government has had enough time to consider the recommendations of a parliamentary committee into online gambling and must now move immediately to implement all 31 recommendations of Murphy Report. The government received the parliamentary report, chaired by Labor MP, Peta Murphy, exactly 12 months ago today and … Continued
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The number of people betting on sports has exploded, doubling in just five years with more than one third of all spending on sports betting now coming from people with a gambling problem, according to new research. More than a quarter of all men aged 18-24 and a third of men aged 25-34 now bet on … Continued
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Media release For immediate release 19 June 2024 Budget forecasts pokie loss blowout thanks to misery tax Despite historic and welcome investment in public housing and … Continued
