TASMANIA TO BEEF UP PROBLEM GAMBLING PRECAUTIONS
17 July 2009
Most gamblers addicted to pokie machines
The Tasmanian Gaming Commission has been given the green
light by the government to implement a range of new
precautionary measures to guard against addictive
gambling in land establishments, ABC Australia reports.
Most of Tasmania's estimated 2 000 problem gamblers
are addicted to pokie machines, and the new measures
have been developed after a recent study confirmed this.
The government's treasury minister, Michael Aird first
released information on the proposed new precautions in
March this (2009) year. These include limiting the
EFTPOS transactions in gaming areas to one per person
per day, reduced maximum bets and restrictions on food
and alcohol being served to people playing pokies.
After attending a Ministerial Council on Gambling
meeting in Brisbane last week, Aird has now given
approval to the Gaming Commission to implement most of
the measures immediately. Others will be considered by
Parliament in the coming months.
Aird says the
one area that needs further work is around
pre-commitment technology, like smart cards, where the
minister says he is in favour of the technology, but
that it should be rolled out at national level.
"So we are going to work with the other [Australian]
states to ensure consistency in pre-commitment
technology which can be used across Australia," he said.
"Tasmania can't go it alone on the use of this
technology [as] it is changing rapidly and we need a
national response," he said.
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