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  • In short: One of the first cashless gaming trials in NSW found the technology made little difference to the behaviour of gamblers.
  • The Wests New Lambton trial has received criticism from gambling reform advocates, who say it did not include a card with binding and default limits.
  • What's next?: The Independent Panel on Gaming Reform will provide findings from an expanded statewide cashless gaming trial.
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[–] 50MYT@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I agree to an extent.

My opinion is we need a bit of a brute force approach to help correct how far off course compared to the rest of the world we are.

Ban advertising.

Tax the venues with pokies - rla revenue profit model that makes having them in clubs / pubs net negative to anyone running a venue.

Tax online gambling, ban their advertising.

Block non conforming online gambling sites.

Etc.

We are over 5 times the per capita spend of second place on gambling spend globally. Until we aren't first things need to drastically change.