NSW sets world record for pokies losses: $18.7 mio - per day!

Poker machine gamblers in NSW lost a staggering record amount of $18.7 million in 2018 - per day! The losses were amassed on 93,165 poker machines, confirming NSW as the gambling capital of the world in terms of per capita losses.

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Fairfield City Council, in Western Sydney, once again had the highest per capita losses, with $514 million lost in 2018 on the 3,863 machines operating at 38 pubs and clubs.

The figure, when divided by Fairfield City's population of 200,000 including many refugees and migrants from Vietnam, China and the Arab world, equates to $2,570 per inhabitant, per year.

“This demonstrates how out of control poker machines losses are in NSW, particularly in the more vulnerable communities of south western Sydney.”

Tim Costello, Alliance for Gambling Reform director and spokesman

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