Gamblers losing $23 million a day on the pokies

Poker machines in New South Wales are hard to miss, being present in most hotels and clubs.

Source: AAP

And new data has reignited calls for urgent industry reform to tackle the high losses to poker machines, particularly in Western Sydney.

Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature written by Ciara Hain.

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