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Trial finds cashless gaming makes little difference to gambling behaviour on pokies (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In short: One of the first cashless gaming trials in NSW found the technology made little difference to the behaviour of gamblers.

The Wests New Lambton trial has received criticism from gambling reform advocates, who say it did not include a card with binding and default limits.

What's next?: The Independent Panel on Gaming Reform will provide findings from an expanded statewide cashless gaming trial.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (20 children)

Gambling shouldn't be privatised. Idk why we allow people to profit from addiction. Their incentive is just to make it worse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Personally I'd say we should take the approach we did to smoking. Ban its advertising, severely restrict where it can be done (in this case, ban pokies outside of casinos), and tax the shit out of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Taxing the shit out of it results in poorer outcomes for gamblers. The average minimum return rate is already defined legally, for pokies it's something like they must return ~90% per hour. Adding more tax on top would result in a lower return rate

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or just have all gambling be run by the government so the profits go to social services to support people who bankrupt themselves from gambling.