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Latest news: Gambling

ACT grapples with gaming machine crisis

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MLAs Shane Rattenbury and Dr Marisa Paterson, and Senator David Pocock spoke about gambling addiction in the ACT at a symposium today.

Clubs sector opposes compulsory acquisition of pokies in ACT

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ACT gaming minister Shane Rattenbury could force clubs to surrender poker machines, a bill introduced this week proposes.

ACT pokies control: national-leading or extortionately expensive?

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The ACT Government has begun a market sounding for a system to control poker machines. But Labor MLA Dr Marisa Paterson has concerns.

ACT prohibits poker machines in Molonglo

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Labor MLA Dr Marisa Paterson’s bill to prohibit poker machines from the Molonglo Valley and other new areas of the ACT passed the Assembly.

Curtin newsagency seeks mystery lotto millionaire

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A Curtin newsagency customer who bought an entry in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw has scored $1.4 million – but first, they need to check their tickets and come forward.

‘Christmas will be great this year’: Canberra man claims $100k lotto win

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A Canberra man is set to experience a joyous Christmas after he won $100,000 in lottery draw today.

Gambling Harm Awareness Week in the ACT

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The ACT Government will launch a 12-month campaign to educate the public about gambling products, gambling harm, and free support.

Stakeholders call for club and poker machine reforms in ACT

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Canberrans lost more than $190 million on electric gaming machines last year, and clubs and politicians believe a new approach is needed.

Marisa Paterson introduces legislation to keep Molonglo pokie free

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Proposed legislation would ban the authorisation of poker machine licenses in the Molonglo Valley and undeveloped areas of the ACT.

Molonglo residents rally behind pokie-free campaign

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Dr Marisa Paterson MLA says her campaign to ‘Keep Molonglo Pokie-Free’ has received overwhelming support from Molonglo Valley residents.

ANU: Restricting access reduces gambling

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Gambling rates reduced during the pandemic, but increased once social restrictions were lifted, according to ANU research.

Marisa Paterson MLA wants to keep Molonglo pokie-free

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The Molonglo Valley, has neither clubs nor poker machines – and the local Labor MLA is determined residents will not suffer gambling harm.

Nearly $1 million for six Canberra clubs

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Six ACT community clubs will receive more than $950,000 from the ACT Government to diversify their income away from gaming machines

Young people wanted for ANU gambling study

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ANU researchers want to hear from 18- to 25-year-olds who wager, bet, or gamble online, or spend money on gambling features in video games.

AFL and NRL chiefs face grilling on gambling ad revenue

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Chiefs of the AFL and NRL have defended their football codes under questioning about the reliance on gambling advertising revenue at a parliamentary inquiry.

Two in five Australians gamble every week, report shows

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Federal Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has stopped short of calling on NSW premier-elect Chris Minns to back cashless pokie cards across his state, as shocking new data reveals the extent of gambling harm.
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