Victoria cracks down on pokies but supporters fear interest groups could hold the winning hand
- Written by Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
ShutterstockThe centrepiece of the Andrews’ government pokie reform announcement is the introduction of a carded system for users of poker machines.
Such a pre-commitment system will require pokie users to register for an account linked to a gaming card which will record a limit of how much they are prepared to lose daily, weekly and monthly.
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