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New data shows total losses climbed to $572 million for the first quarter of 2019, $23 million more than the same period last year.

Gaming machine losses have soared to a new high in Queensland, where punters spent more than

$250,000 every hour last month. Pokie revenues rose despite a drop in the number of machines available.

Source: Gaming Daily Report (gamingdailyreport.net)

 

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Now you would think the Qld state government would allow the Adani mine. So they have more workers able to lose money on these insidious machines thus increasing there revenue.

It is way beyond time that the number of these insidious machines were dialed back nationwide.

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