The growth of “Big Gambling” in Australia has transferred, with industrial efficiency, billions of dollars from the pay packets of the working classes to the bank accounts of a super-rich elite. Australians lose more money gambling per person than any other nation. Gambling leads to financial, family and psychological problems, and sometimes crime and suicide…So-called “problem gamblers” contribute a staggering 40% of the total money lost on poker machines. Both gambling venues and gambling problems are concentrated among the poorest social groups in Australia.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 03:21:27 +0000
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