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POKER MACHINES CAUSE THE MOST HARM The most recent survey in the ACT found that gambling on poker machines was the most reliable predictor of developing severe problems, and the more time spent gambling on poker machines, the higher the risk of harm.xv Recent surveys in Victoria estimate that seven out of ten poker machine users experience some. In 2017-18, the Queensland government received $718 million in revenue from gaming machine taxes. That was expected to rise to $750 million in 2018-19, according to budget papers. Pokies were king when it came to losses from all types of gambling. We're responsible for administering, collecting and managing debts of gaming and wagering tax payable in NSW, on behalf of Liquor and Gaming NSW. Find out more about COVID-19 (coronavirus) and gaming machine tax. The taxes applied to gaming and wagering in NSW are based on: what kind of gambling is being offered; who's providing the gambling.

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Losses projected ascend sharply

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As reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, gamblers in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are expected to see losses on video poker machines climb substantially over the next decade.

An analysis of NSW Treasury documents reveals that revenue from poker machines is predicted to be AU$9 billion (approximately US$6.1 billion) per year by 2029, a 38 percent increase from today's figure.

Overall, gamblers are projected to lose AU$85 billion (US$57.6 billion) on poker machines alone in the coming ten years. The revenue to the gaming venues will throw off AU$22.5 billion (US$15.2 billion) in taxes to the state.

Players in pubs seem to be particularly vulnerable, with pub players expected to see their losses increase by 50 percent over the next decade. In clubs, that number is expected to climb 30 percent.

NSW politician blames fellow politicians

One state politician in particular is not happy about the trend. An independent Member of Parliament, Justin Field, points the finger at the major political parties.

'The explosion in poker machine profits forecasted for the clubs and pubs, in spite of government reform, is another example of politicians turning a blind eye to the impacts of gambling on communities', Field told the Morning Herald. He added, 'The Labor Opposition remains deathly silent on this important social issue.'

Field believes the increase in video poker gambling losses in pubs is linked to the growth in political donations by the Australian Hotels Association (AHA). He says that large hotel companies buying up small pubs is not a coincidence. The newspaper reports that in 2018, the AHA contributed AU$416,122 (US$281,938) to the Labor and Coalition parties on both the state and federal levels combined. This compares to just AU$89,182 (US$60,424) in 2017.

Says it's all about the money

A representative of the NSW Labor party says that federal donations cannot be used on the state level, but Field does not buy it.

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'The idea that there is an impenetrable Chinese wall between different levels of the major political parties is absurd', he explained, adding that 'ICAC findings have shown how parties have attempted to skirt state donations prohibitions by directing donations to the federal level.' He also observed that there has been

a complete and historical failure to regulate gambling in the public interest.'

Field believes this is the case because the political parties are afraid to hurt the revenue flow.

Australia is unique in that, Western Australia aside, most of its video poker machines are in clubs and hotels, and not in casinos. In a 2017 study by The Australia Institute, it was calculated that the country houses three-quarters of the world's club and hotel poker machines. New South Wales has more than 90,000 poker machines, about half of the country's total.

Joan Kirner, who died this week aged 76, deserves to be remembered for her many achievements and unquestioned devotion to the progress of Victoria.

Kirner, Victoria's first – and so far only – female premier, also introduced poker machine gambling to the state. Her government passed legislation in 1991 to enable a duopoly to establish poker machine venues in local hotels and clubs.

The political and economic circumstances

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John Cain, who led a mostly successful Victorian Labor government, was ousted in 1990. He was seen by some as a 'wowser' because of his alcohol-free habits and opposition to poker machines. That said, he led a government that had kept unemployment lower than other states for seven years, legalised sex work and reformed liquor licensing laws to provide the basis for Melbourne's now emblematic laneway bar and dining culture.

Nonetheless, Cain resisted the clamour of the gambling industry and its friends in his cabinet to emulate New South Wales and allow poker machines to proliferate across Victoria. Former Labor MP Carolyn Hirsh, who herself fell victim to a poker machine addiction, believes that Cain's opposition to the gambling industry was a factor in his demise. She may well be correct.

Gambling liberalisation was rapidly implemented after Cain's ouster. As economist Julie Smith has argued, state governments found themselves strapped for cash because of Australia's vertical fiscal imbalance – the unfortunate fact that state governments have big spending programs, such as hospitals, schools and transport, and a limited tax base to pay for it.

State governments tend to seek any revenue source they can when the money from Canberra dries up. The gambling industry happily argued that it could top up the state coffers and redirect the funds flowing across the border to NSW into the Victorian Treasury. Yet there was never any associated reduction in NSW's poker machine revenue after they were legalised in Victoria.

As Paul Keating famously remarked:

Never get between a premier and a bucket of money.

The A$1 billion a year that club and pub poker machines now contribute to Victoria's revenue – along with the $500 million from other gambling forms – is a decent bucket, it might be argued, at a time when even more strain is being placed on state finances.

The Cain and Kirner governments were faced with a hostile media – particularly the Murdoch tabloid press – and two major financial collapses in 1990. These collapses had difficult consequences for Victoria. The Pyramid Building society's collapse led to the introduction of a 3c per litre fuel excise levy.

Cabinet ministers, including David White – who subsequently became gaming minister and, after he left parliament, a lobbyist for duopoly poker machine operator Tattersall's – were influential in persuading Kirner to legalise the poker machine industry and legislate for a casino to operate in Victoria.

Kirner seems to have been persuaded by an eager pro-gambling lobby that the financial benefits would save the state – and her government. They certainly didn't save her government.

As it transpired, poker machine legalisation led to massive transfers of revenue from some of the most disadvantaged people in Victoria to very wealthy corporations, including Woolworths and its business partners the Mathieson group, and to already large and well-heeled football clubs.

The struggle to rein in pokies

Victorian governments of both Liberal and Labor persuasion have implemented reforms that have helped to reduce real poker machine expenditure. This started with a 1999 bipartisan pre-election commitment to limit poker machine numbers to 30,000.

Since then, reductions in the maximum bet, removal of ATMs from gambling venues, smoking and trading-hour restrictions and other measures have kept poker machine expenditure flatter than it might otherwise have been.

Nonetheless, there are at least 30,000 people in Victoria with a serious gambling problem – about 80% of whom suffer difficulties because of poker machines. They affect between 150,000 and 300,000 others, such as family, friends, neighbours and employers. Another 30,000 have a lesser problem, but are still experiencing major difficulties because of gambling. Each of them affects between five and ten others as well.

Nsw poker machine revenue recognition

As reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, gamblers in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are expected to see losses on video poker machines climb substantially over the next decade.

An analysis of NSW Treasury documents reveals that revenue from poker machines is predicted to be AU$9 billion (approximately US$6.1 billion) per year by 2029, a 38 percent increase from today's figure.

Overall, gamblers are projected to lose AU$85 billion (US$57.6 billion) on poker machines alone in the coming ten years. The revenue to the gaming venues will throw off AU$22.5 billion (US$15.2 billion) in taxes to the state.

Players in pubs seem to be particularly vulnerable, with pub players expected to see their losses increase by 50 percent over the next decade. In clubs, that number is expected to climb 30 percent.

NSW politician blames fellow politicians

One state politician in particular is not happy about the trend. An independent Member of Parliament, Justin Field, points the finger at the major political parties.

'The explosion in poker machine profits forecasted for the clubs and pubs, in spite of government reform, is another example of politicians turning a blind eye to the impacts of gambling on communities', Field told the Morning Herald. He added, 'The Labor Opposition remains deathly silent on this important social issue.'

Field believes the increase in video poker gambling losses in pubs is linked to the growth in political donations by the Australian Hotels Association (AHA). He says that large hotel companies buying up small pubs is not a coincidence. The newspaper reports that in 2018, the AHA contributed AU$416,122 (US$281,938) to the Labor and Coalition parties on both the state and federal levels combined. This compares to just AU$89,182 (US$60,424) in 2017.

Says it's all about the money

A representative of the NSW Labor party says that federal donations cannot be used on the state level, but Field does not buy it.

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'The idea that there is an impenetrable Chinese wall between different levels of the major political parties is absurd', he explained, adding that 'ICAC findings have shown how parties have attempted to skirt state donations prohibitions by directing donations to the federal level.' He also observed that there has been

a complete and historical failure to regulate gambling in the public interest.'

Field believes this is the case because the political parties are afraid to hurt the revenue flow.

Australia is unique in that, Western Australia aside, most of its video poker machines are in clubs and hotels, and not in casinos. In a 2017 study by The Australia Institute, it was calculated that the country houses three-quarters of the world's club and hotel poker machines. New South Wales has more than 90,000 poker machines, about half of the country's total.

Joan Kirner, who died this week aged 76, deserves to be remembered for her many achievements and unquestioned devotion to the progress of Victoria.

Kirner, Victoria's first – and so far only – female premier, also introduced poker machine gambling to the state. Her government passed legislation in 1991 to enable a duopoly to establish poker machine venues in local hotels and clubs.

The political and economic circumstances

John Cain, who led a mostly successful Victorian Labor government, was ousted in 1990. He was seen by some as a 'wowser' because of his alcohol-free habits and opposition to poker machines. That said, he led a government that had kept unemployment lower than other states for seven years, legalised sex work and reformed liquor licensing laws to provide the basis for Melbourne's now emblematic laneway bar and dining culture.

Nonetheless, Cain resisted the clamour of the gambling industry and its friends in his cabinet to emulate New South Wales and allow poker machines to proliferate across Victoria. Former Labor MP Carolyn Hirsh, who herself fell victim to a poker machine addiction, believes that Cain's opposition to the gambling industry was a factor in his demise. She may well be correct.

Gambling liberalisation was rapidly implemented after Cain's ouster. As economist Julie Smith has argued, state governments found themselves strapped for cash because of Australia's vertical fiscal imbalance – the unfortunate fact that state governments have big spending programs, such as hospitals, schools and transport, and a limited tax base to pay for it.

State governments tend to seek any revenue source they can when the money from Canberra dries up. The gambling industry happily argued that it could top up the state coffers and redirect the funds flowing across the border to NSW into the Victorian Treasury. Yet there was never any associated reduction in NSW's poker machine revenue after they were legalised in Victoria.

As Paul Keating famously remarked:

Never get between a premier and a bucket of money.

The A$1 billion a year that club and pub poker machines now contribute to Victoria's revenue – along with the $500 million from other gambling forms – is a decent bucket, it might be argued, at a time when even more strain is being placed on state finances.

The Cain and Kirner governments were faced with a hostile media – particularly the Murdoch tabloid press – and two major financial collapses in 1990. These collapses had difficult consequences for Victoria. The Pyramid Building society's collapse led to the introduction of a 3c per litre fuel excise levy.

Cabinet ministers, including David White – who subsequently became gaming minister and, after he left parliament, a lobbyist for duopoly poker machine operator Tattersall's – were influential in persuading Kirner to legalise the poker machine industry and legislate for a casino to operate in Victoria.

Kirner seems to have been persuaded by an eager pro-gambling lobby that the financial benefits would save the state – and her government. They certainly didn't save her government.

As it transpired, poker machine legalisation led to massive transfers of revenue from some of the most disadvantaged people in Victoria to very wealthy corporations, including Woolworths and its business partners the Mathieson group, and to already large and well-heeled football clubs.

The struggle to rein in pokies

Victorian governments of both Liberal and Labor persuasion have implemented reforms that have helped to reduce real poker machine expenditure. This started with a 1999 bipartisan pre-election commitment to limit poker machine numbers to 30,000.

Since then, reductions in the maximum bet, removal of ATMs from gambling venues, smoking and trading-hour restrictions and other measures have kept poker machine expenditure flatter than it might otherwise have been.

Nonetheless, there are at least 30,000 people in Victoria with a serious gambling problem – about 80% of whom suffer difficulties because of poker machines. They affect between 150,000 and 300,000 others, such as family, friends, neighbours and employers. Another 30,000 have a lesser problem, but are still experiencing major difficulties because of gambling. Each of them affects between five and ten others as well.

Victorians lose more than $2.5 billion every year at poker machines in suburban clubs and pubs. Poker machines, and the expenditure they generate, are still concentrated in disadvantaged areas. Their effects are therefore felt most strongly by those who can least afford it.

The problematic use of poker machines is also strongly associated with financial difficulties including bankruptcy, relationship difficulties including separation and divorce, crime (both violent and financial), the neglect and abuse of children, mental and physical ill-health and, in extreme cases, suicide.

Poker machines are not benign taxing machines. They are active contributors to continued economic, social and health inequality and for the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage.

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This is not a legacy of which a reforming and progressive Labor premier would be proud. It is little wonder, then, that along with former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett – who succeeded Kirner as premier and energetically oversaw the expansion of the gambling business – she regretted the expansion of poker machines into pubs and clubs. They both believed that poker machines should be limited to the casino, as occurs in Western Australia.

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It is easy in hindsight to see where policy decisions went awry. Gambling is a major social problem. Perhaps the biggest addiction is that of state governments, which simply can't give up all that money.

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Kirner was a great leader and a tireless political campaigner. It is interesting that she found herself premier at a moment in Victorian political history when she was convinced by the gambling industry and its political mates that gambling revenue was the answer to a fiscal prayer.

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