I guess it was only a matter of time. I’ve been making a real effort to keep my happy face on this year, but...
trials and tribulations
January 24, 2012
Monthly Archive: January 2012
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tackling problem gambling in australia – my analysis
Today, less than a week after Australia’s media decided that the Julia Gillard was walking away from Andrew Wilkie and poker machine reforms, the...
January 21, 2012 -
rubbery figures and desperate spin
What a week it’s been for the pokies. First we heard that poker machine reform was dying, that Julia Gillard was preparing to cut...
January 20, 2012 -
i read the news today, oh boy…
I read the news today, oh boy… That’s it. Poker machine reforms are dead. Kaput. Finito. Done and dusted. They have ceased to be....
January 18, 2012 -
an EPIC struggle, but the end is in sight
It’s been a long haul… but the battle for Castlemaine may be moving into its final days. The VCGR this week held a two-day...
January 13, 2012 -
clubs, daily telegraph go after garrett
The local papers of NSW have a long history of publishing pro-clubs, pro-poker machines articles that are heavy on sensationalism and light on facts....
January 11, 2012 -
clubs slam wilkie for acting like clubs
The clubs lobby has rebuked Andrew Wilkie’s victory call on the introduction of controversial betting limits on poker machines, claiming that the practice of...
January 7, 2012 -
show me the money!
As a blogger who writes about Australia’s gambling industry, with a particular focus on poker machines, I’m often thankful that I live in Victoria....
January 4, 2012
