OMG - Pokie machine addiction Down Under... - GoFuckYourself.com

emjay · 01-06-2007, 08:50 AM

- Australia has over 20% of the worlds gaming machines
- There are close to 200,000 slot machines in Australia
- 100,308 of these are found in New South Wales
- Australia's population is 20,264,082 - one game for every 101 people
- 38.6% of adult Australians play the pokies
- In 2003 / 2004 gamblers lost $16.21 billion ($9.1 billion on pokies)
- It is estimated that there are over 300,000 problem gamblers

- The average payout percentage of pokies is 90.89%
- Average chance of winning the jackpot playing 1 line is 1 in 50,000,000
- Average chance of winning the jackpot playing 20 lines is 1 in 2,500,000
- The highest jackpot you can win in a pub is $10,000
- The average player loses $380 dollars every year
- The average problem gambler loses $12,000 each year

...and soon they will be introduced in the UK, which also allows online gaming, which the US does not.

CuriousToyBoy · 01-06-2007, 10:07 AM

I bet you are wrong.

;-)

emjay · 01-06-2007, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by CuriousToyBoy

I bet you are wrong.

;-)

Happy new year mate :-)

When you are in Oz, it the prevalence of these machines noticeable?

LatinModels · 01-09-2007, 10:00 PM

Wow!! The average problem gambler loses $12,000 each year??

They almost could buy a brand new compact car with that money!!!

Darkhorse · 01-09-2007, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by emjay

Happy new year mate :-)

When you are in Oz, it the prevalence of these machines noticeable?

I dunno about NSW, and other states but I am in QLD and it's pretty bad here there isn't a club, pub anything where alcohol is served these fucking things are.

CuriousToyBoy · 01-09-2007, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by emjay

Happy new year mate :-)

When you are in Oz, it the prevalence of these machines noticeable?

Noticeable ?

Hardly.

Fucking in your face Vegas style !!

Every pub, club and tin pot bar has them thesedays.

HUGE business. And HUGE taxes for the Government.

My mother happily pumps coins in for hours on end.

It is mind boggling.

Slots to me are as boring as all shit.

Verity · 01-09-2007, 11:19 PM

You know, down in Tassie I never see them.

Could be that we're too slow to figure out what they're for.

Maybe next time I go into town I'll keep an eye out for dumb Tasmanians standing in front of poker machinese wondering why their ciggies haven't dropped out lol

Sambo · 01-09-2007, 11:24 PM

I cant find the link in the ODT, but I actually won the jackpot on a Pokie in NZ - $53K

I was addicted until that day - I never played again.

CuriousToyBoy · 01-09-2007, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Verity

You know, down in Tassie I never see them.

Could be that we're too slow to figure out what they're for.

Maybe next time I go into town I'll keep an eye out for dumb Tasmanians standing in front of poker machinese wondering why their ciggies haven't dropped out lol

One word Verity darling.

TASMANIA

Enough said.

When you actually come to the civilization on the mainland, things ARE different.

LOTS of things.

Verity · 01-09-2007, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by CuriousToyBoy

One word Verity darling.

TASMANIA

Enough said.

When you actually come to the civilization on the mainland, things ARE different.

LOTS of things.

pfffftt.... don't you think I know that?! ;)

MY GOD someone needs to save me from this place.... I'm starting to think a 'happening' bar is one with 10 people in it, wearing some things that appear to be socially acceptable as 'clothes', while dancing segregated by an imaginary line that divides the floor into guys and galls.

All this after having spent 30 minutes standing in a line at the door and having a bouncer who obviously hasn't felt a chic in at least 5 years scrutinise your id.....

Seriously. Someone needs to save me. Thank GOD for Vegas!! ;)

CuriousToyBoy · 01-09-2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Verity

pfffftt.... don't you think I know that?! ;)

MY GOD someone needs to save me from this place.... I'm starting to think a 'happening' bar is one with 10 people in it, wearing some things that appear to be socially acceptable as 'clothes', while dancing segregated by an imaginary line that divides the floor into guys and galls.

All this after having spent 30 minutes standing in a line at the door and having a bouncer who obviously hasn't felt a chic in at least 5 years scrutinise your id.....

Seriously. Someone needs to save me. Thank GOD for Vegas!! ;)

Got a hug for you when you get there babe ;-)

You got my number.

wdforty · 01-10-2007, 12:42 AM

I heard there were more machines in Sydney than Vegas

CuriousToyBoy · 01-10-2007, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by wdforty

I heard there were more machines in Sydney than Vegas

Actually that used to be the case, but I think it was New South Wales as a whole.

When Queensland made them legal the number at the border clubs plummeted, so I think it changed then.

Could be wrong.

biftek · 01-10-2007, 12:52 AM

never played the pokies and never will , computer operated machine , when it comes to gambling i don't trust anything with a computer behind it

Odin · 01-10-2007, 03:48 AM

Fucking terrible if you ask me. I seriously think the Government shouldn't be so liberal with allowing their placement.

The_Adventure · 01-10-2007, 03:56 AM

I lost $20 in Coffs Harbour

CuriousToyBoy · 01-10-2007, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Chief

Fucking terrible if you ask me. I seriously think the Government shouldn't be so liberal with allowing their placement.

You kidding ?

They make SERIOUS bank in taxes from it.

Just like cigarettes and alcohol.

rodney25 · 01-10-2007, 04:07 AM

Wow. They must really love gaming.

nekrom · 01-10-2007, 05:06 AM

The Hoteliers Association were spitting chips year or so back when the gov banned smoking in pokies rooms. Revenue is starting to head back up again but it was interesting stuff.

-N

rowan · 01-10-2007, 05:13 AM

I'm old enough to remember when casinos were illegal in Melbourne, which meant lots of blue haired grannies went on bus trips interstate to lose all their money.

biftek · 01-10-2007, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by rowan

I'm old enough to remember when casinos were illegal in Melbourne, which meant lots of blue haired grannies went on bus trips interstate to lose all their money.

don't forget the trips to the bingo halls every pension day

Darkhorse · 01-10-2007, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Adventure

I lost $20 in Coffs Harbour

ahaahahha I haven't been to coffs in like ten yrs nice place from what I remember. I stayed at Iluka resort last time I was there.

Odin · 01-10-2007, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by CuriousToyBoy

You kidding ?

They make SERIOUS bank in taxes from it.

Just like cigarettes and alcohol.

I know why they don't want to move away from it, but regardless I think they should. If someone really wants to gamble than they are going to do it, and I guess they should have the right to do so, but I think like alcohol in Australia an irresponsible culture is developing, and having these things situated everywhere is just one example of that.

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