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New pokie restrictions to be introduced in Victoria including maximum spend limits of $100 (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 years ago by rosie@lemmy.world to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Premier Daniel Andrews said the changes would give Victoria the toughest electronic gambling restrictions in Australia.

Tas is limiting our cashless gambling card to $100 per day, $500 per month and a soft cap of $5,000 per year. I'd say you gotta try harder, Dan. You can tell it'll be effective because the hospitality and gaming industries are big mad about it.

[–] Voli@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

What this will mostly do is increase the underground gambling world, addiction is not something you fix by putting a limitation.

[–] cooopsspace 2 points 2 years ago

"but it'll just go underground" is a stupid reason to stand in the way of this

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