Tag: VIC
Bendigo punters reeling after $50m pokies loss in 2018
January 31, 2019 Gambling losses in Victoria seem not to be reducing anytime soon as Bendigo has joined...
Pokies losses in Victoria rise to all-time high of $2.7bn
January 30, 2019 With gambling losses ever rising in Victoria, the Alliance for Gambling Reform has called for...
Essendon not giving up on Melton pokies lease
December 20, 2018 Essendon Football Club is planning to adopt a number of alternative revenue sources to reduce...
Victoria: Hume pokies losses total $9 million in September alone
December 4, 2018 HUME residents have splashed more than $48.3 million on the pokies in the last financial...
Lara Sporting Club speaks up against Greens pokies plan
November 23, 2018 With the Victorian state election just days away, a gambling venue in the Greater Geelong...
South Morang’s Commercial Hotel concedes defeat in pokies battle
November 22, 2018 After years of legal wrangling to bring poker machines to South Morang’s Commercial Hotel, the...
Wyndham council slams state plans for more poker machines
November 13, 2018 The Victorian government's plan to increase the number of poker machines in Wyndham has not...
Essendon FC vows to ditch pokies as source of income
November 1, 2018 Despite earning millions from pokies, coupled with the Victorian Government's decision to grant new 20-years...
Greater Geelong posts record pokies loss for September
October 30, 2018 Despite anti-gambling and slur campaigns to curb problem gambling, losses on poker machines in Geelong...
Melton divided over Essendon’s 29-year pokies plan
October 9, 2018 Melton Council is divided over Essendon Football Club’s request for a 29-year lease extension on...