Day: 15 February 2019

From now on, Tauranga will only see the number of poker machines decline. Yesterday, Tauranga City Council issued a decision to adopt a so-called “sinking lid” policy, under which no new gambling machines or venues are to be approved. The policy is set to be brought into action on March 14th. The local authorities made a decision to deploy the policy in a way that would guarantee a gradual decline of gambling options in the city in order to minimise the negative impact these venues and machines could have on…

New statistics have shown that more than nine in every ten people who have been treated for their problem gambling behaviour by Health Service Executive Ireland (HSE) in the past four years were men. In addition, data showed that it is mostly young men who have been suffering from gambling addiction, with the average age of such individuals who have also sought professional treatment in recent years being 35 years. Only recently, some data regarding the number of people who received professional help with gambling being pointed as the main…