NSW Players Lost More than AU$2.2 Billion on Poker Machines from January to April 2021

NSW Players Lost More than AU$2.2 Billion on Poker Machines from January to April 2021

Gambling reform supporters have once again called for an acceleration of planned cashless trials after information emerged that the residents of New South Wales lost over AU$2.2 billion to clubs’ and pubs’ poker machines over the first four months of 2021. As announced, almost AU$600 million was lost to so-called pokies in April alone, with the figure representing a 12.58% increase from the one in April 2019. The local gambling regulatory body – the Liquor and Gaming NSW – revealed that pokies in Canterbury-Bankstown saw profits of almost AU$48 million…

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How The Lives of Five Jackpot Millionaires Went Wrong

How The Lives of Five Jackpot Millionaires Went Wrong

The National Lottery is extremely popular in the UK, with statistics for 2020 showing that 27.3% of the people in the UK have participated in the National Lottery at least once in the last month. Until recently, the legal age for purchasing a lottery ticket and playing the game was 16 or older. As lottery tickets were given as birthday gifts and anybody of the age of 16 or older could play the National Lottery, the number of jackpot millionaires in the UK is fairly high. In April 2021, the…

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Gross Gambling Yield Rises by 3% over Latest Reported Period, UKGC Says

Gross Gambling Yield Rises by 3% over Latest Reported Period, UKGC Says

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has revealed further data regarding the evolvement of the coronavirus lockdown measures that have affected online gambling behaviour in the country. The data provided by the gambling regulatory body reflects the period from March 2020 to April 2021 and covers both land-based and digital gambling operator data, with the brick-and-mortar premises have only been able to start operation only recently, since being forced to cease operation in December. The gambling watchdog said it is not advisable to make comparisons on a year-on-year basis between months…

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