Rise in money spent on poker machines in NSW prompts calls for tougher intervention

A man playing at a poker machine.

The amount of money spent by Australians on poker machines in New South Wales reached $2 billion over three months in 2022. Source: Getty / William West

SBS News In Depth
View Podcast Series

Get the SBS Audio app

Other ways to listen

The amount of money spent on poker machines in New South Wales reached over two billion dollars in the third quarter of 2022 alone.

Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with
SBS News Podcasts

Share

Latest podcast episodes

ELECTION25 CANDIDATES DEBATE WANNON
Domestic Violence. African American Man Threatening Wife And Daughter With His Fist
Russia Ukraine War
India: Protest After Pahalgam Massacre Where Least 26 Killed

Recommended for you

Vladimir Putin sits at a desk in front of white red and blue Russian flags.
A man wearing a t-shirt and jeans pushes a trolley in a supermarket
Two men in black suits stand at separate lecterns, with the one on the left speaking while the other watches him.
A man in black glasses and a navy blue jumper standing side on in an outback landscape
A woman sitting in a chair. She has a folder on her knee and is holding a pen in her right hand.
A person sits at a desk by a window, writing on paper, with a laptop and monitor in front of him.
A kitchen bench with a variety of proteins such as steak, nuts, fish, eggs, chicken and peas.
An illustration of a forest, red-tailed black cockatoo sitting on a branch with leaves.