How to end pokies addictionsFormer pokies addict Scott Eagar offers an alternative viewpoint to fighting problem gambling amongst the talk of pokies legislation and pre-commitment: kill the feature option.
Gambling industry
Last Bets: states smash sports betting but no cold turkey on pokies
It’s no wonder premiers would prefer to gag Tony Greig and Richie Benaud than do anything that might impact their AAA-credit ratings.
Last Bets: around the world in online casinos — first stop, Gibraltar
Untaxed, unregulated and under the radar, the so-called “unofficial” sector of online gambling is increasing in popularity.
Last Bets: QHA’s pokies reforms are ‘tobacco industry tactics’
There are many tactics that the gambling industry resorts to in defence of its profits including misleading the public through misinformation campaigns, writes Angela Rintoul, Claire Tobin, Darshini Ayton and Charles Livingstone, of Monash University’s Department of Health Social Science.
Crikey Says: Gambling with our money
A fascinating, and depressing, graph popped up in The Economist this week …
The payout stunt delivering a marketing bonanza to bookies
Bookies are rarely seen as charitable organisations, so any time they cough up early on a wager there could be reason for suspicion. Crikey examines the marketing stunt and increasingly pervasive nature of betting agencies.
A call to get gambling dollars out of universities and research
Research into gambling has not generally been focused on harm reduction, health promotion or consumer safety issues and has been substantially funded by organisations with a vested interest in research outcomes, writes Professor Helen Keleher.
NSW pokies venues looking out for POOPs (Pets of Older Persons)
Donations to POOPs, as it is known, are at the heart of the present conundrum of clubland. Are they a vital hub of their community, or giant pokie palaces which are using their local connections as a fig leaf?
How Crown stacks the odds in its favour
When Crown Casino management have been missing their main floor revenue targets, they have been systematically changing the rules on table games in their favour, writes Mark Cridland.
Political snippets: A gloomy outlook in Copenhagen
Gloomy news for the immediate future of racing clubs as well as the environment.
Coles folds on pokies, will Woolies be next?
Those nice men from Wesfarmers, sitting in pokies-free Perth, have wilted in the face of a strong campaign over kids in venues and committed to spend millions cleaning up their gambling venues, writes Stephen Mayne.
Betting companies might need a whip around if jockeys hold out
For bookmakers and wagering companies around the country, every single interruption to the racing program means a drop in revenue. The jokey strike over whip rules could cost the industry millions.
Political snippets: What Sarkozy could learn from Hawke
France’s short-statured President Sarkozy could gain a few inches with a Bob Hawke bouffant haircut, the GFC hits casinos, and more insights from Richard Farmer.
