|
Anonymous |
|
Any improvement
|
PokieWatch Home
|
0 |
Yesterday, 11:04 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Yesterday, 11:04 PM EST
Watch
Hey, question? Has there been any reduction in Pokies since Nick Xenophon has come in, or has it not been effective?
out of
found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
|
|
Anonymous |
|
The New Hotel At Lyndhurst...Near Dandenong.
|
Discussion Forum
|
2 |
Mar 1 2010, 5:42 AM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Feb 24 2010, 9:26 PM EST
Watch
Here is a lovely Hotel I walked into, however, I noticed all the staff look like they are nervous..WHY..?
3
out of
3 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: The New Hotel At Lyndhurst...Near Dandenong.
By: Posted Anonymously,
Mar 1 2010, 5:42 AM EST
"Here is a lovely Hotel I walked into, however, I noticed all the staff look like they are nervous..WHY..?" A few have lost their jobs, The staff turnover is worring some of the new ones there.
3
out of
3 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
The female problem gambler
|
Discussion Forum
|
1 |
Feb 22 2010, 3:06 AM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Feb 21 2010, 7:49 PM EST
Watch
More women are becoming addicted to gambling, as Australians pump $6 million a day through poker machines.
Gambling in Australia is becoming more and more "feminised," says University of Queensland School of Tourism researcher Dr Timothy Lee.
A third of problem gamblers are women, at a time when Australia leads the world in the number of poker machines.
"It has traditionally been a male pursuit. There is now a high level of women's gambling activity in Australia," Dr Lee said.
Women accounted for 64 per cent of the use of poker machines, which in turn accounted for 74 per cent of the growth in gambling in Australia in recent years.
Compared to men, women were found to have a more rapid progression into problem gambling.
Dr Lee said problem gambling among women resulted in family and relationship breakdowns, child neglect, depression, fraud and suicidal thoughts.
Women often turned to gambling to escape trauma, loneliness, stress and boredom.
"The female problem gambler is usually withdrawn, socially isolated and is suffering from extreme feelings of guilt, shame and low self-esteem," Dr Lee said.
He said new steps were needed to minimise harm, such as placing cash machines away from gaming areas, installing clocks, providing information on support services and having non-gaming activities at pubs and clubs with poker machines.
Dr Lee's paper will be published in the next issue of Tourism Analysis.
News alerts: Get breaking news first. Download free ninemsn news alerts now.
2
out of
2 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: The female problem gambler
By: Posted Anonymously,
Feb 22 2010, 3:06 AM EST
"More women are becoming addicted to gambling, as Australians pump $6 million a day through poker machines.
Gambling in Australia is becoming more and more "feminised," says University of Queensland School of Tourism researcher Dr Timothy Lee.
A third of problem gamblers are women, at a time when Australia leads the world in the number of poker machines.
"It has traditionally been a male pursuit. There is now a high level of women's gambling activity in Australia," Dr Lee said.
Women accounted for 64 per cent of the use of poker machines, which in turn accounted for 74 per cent of the growth in gambling in Australia in recent years.
Compared to men, women were found to have a more rapid progression into problem gambling.
Dr Lee said problem gambling among women resulted in family and relationship breakdowns, child neglect, depression, fraud and suicidal thoughts.
Women often turned to gambling to escape trauma, loneliness, stress and boredom.
"The female problem gambler is usually withdrawn, socially isolated and is suffering from extreme feelings of guilt, shame and low self-esteem," Dr Lee said.
He said new steps were needed to minimise harm, such as placing cash machines away from gaming areas, installing clocks, providing information on support services and having non-gaming activities at pubs and clubs with poker machines.
Dr Lee's paper will be published in the next issue of Tourism Analysis.
News alerts: Get breaking news first. Download free ninemsn news alerts now." My wife had started to gamble, I was informed by a friend. I cant tell you how happy my wife was to be noticed that she was gambling. She now visits and is having councilling.
3
out of
3 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
The Victorian's
|
Discussion Forum
|
2 |
Feb 15 2010, 6:23 AM EST by
|
|
|
Thread started: Feb 8 2010, 3:49 PM EST
Watch
Those people down in Victoria realy know how to gamble, more than in my State NSW.
$32 Billion man they are all being paid to much.......
3
out of
4 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: The Victorian's
By: ,
Feb 15 2010, 6:23 AM EST
"Up until 2 weeks ago, I was hopelessly addicted to pokies. They have consumed my life on and off for the better part of 10 years. I decided to get help, as I could not help myself, and I'm currently getting treatment, which I encourage all people with a problem to do. Talking about the addiction with a complete stranger is like a cleansing of sorts and has really helped me curb my gambling thoughts. So much so that I'm starting to believe that I will never again stick another note into those insidious machines that almost destroyed my life. It feels so good not to be a slave to the machine. Set yourself free - do it NOW." May I post this on the Pokies Cause Pain section of PokieAct.org?
3
out of
3 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Let's Just See What....Happy Easter Turns out to be...
|
Discussion Forum
|
1 |
Feb 12 2010, 11:37 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Feb 11 2010, 11:58 PM EST
Watch
Just take a look at your local venue and just see how many people are playing the POKIES at Easter time. This is for sure,just another very unhappy day for them all, it must be.
3
out of
3 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: Let's Just See What....Happy Easter Turns out to be...
By: Posted Anonymously,
Feb 12 2010, 11:37 PM EST
"Just take a look at your local venue and just see how many people are playing the POKIES at Easter time. This is for sure,just another very unhappy day for them all, it must be." I will be looking this year, just to see if what you are saying is correct.
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
This Victorian Government is so at doing things.
|
Discussion Forum
|
0 |
Feb 8 2010, 3:47 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Feb 8 2010, 3:47 PM EST
Watch
The Government is committed to new measures, which include banning ATMs from gaming venues by July 2012 and requiring ... gamblers to pre-set time or net loss limits on next generation machines this year and on all machines in 2013."
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Real SAD......................
|
Discussion Forum
|
10 |
Feb 7 2010, 3:17 AM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Dec 23 2009, 5:51 PM EST
Watch
Ever noticed how many people play the POKIES on Christmas Day.........it is real sad to watch these people....dont thye have a family......at some Pokie joints the people are outside waiting for the place to open on Xmas Day.
4
out of
4 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: Real SAD......................
By: Posted Anonymously,
Feb 7 2010, 3:17 AM EST
"rubbish, produce your facts as this is a beat up. do you realise 1,000's of people die every year from cigaretts??? Get a life " There is a site for the smokers...Get over to it. and STOP smoking now, every cig you dont smoke is doing you good.
2
out of
2 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Paradise hotel
|
PokieWatch Home
|
2 |
Feb 6 2010, 6:39 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Feb 2 2010, 7:35 PM EST
Watch
the paradise hotel is woned by a private company with no association with alh, woolworths, coles or westfarmer. Please remove from your site
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: Paradise hotel
By: Posted Anonymously,
Feb 6 2010, 6:39 PM EST
Grooming of children I find most offensive, just to play the pokies, this practice should be stopped in its tracks now...
POKIES don't pay they TAKE, please wake up you silly lot. I do believe that the take is dropping, maybe, just maybe, some people are waking up to this fact.. I have stopped going to this hotel just because of just that.
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
We need to get more people on this site........
|
Discussion Forum
|
2 |
Jan 1 2010, 12:48 AM EST by
|
|
|
Thread started: Dec 28 2009, 3:12 AM EST
Watch
We need to get more people on this site........how are we going to do it....?????????
1/ tell all your friends.
2/ come on ...just do it...
They need our help.
4
out of
4 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
Anonymous |
|
We must be succeeding.
|
Discussion Forum
|
1 |
Jan 1 2010, 12:29 AM EST by
|
|
|
Thread started: Dec 31 2009, 11:48 PM EST
Watch
Overhearing a conversation with the manager of the Sandown Hotel, "We need people to visit the pokies, a lot of people just walk out after having dinner". I thought, we must be succeeding in some very small way.
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: We must be succeeding.
By: ,
Jan 1 2010, 12:29 AM EST
Now if they only stopped trying to lure children and then exposing them to the pokie gambling through those wide open entrances to the pokie area.
1
out of
2 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Has to STOP.
|
Discussion Forum
|
1 |
Dec 28 2009, 3:07 AM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Dec 27 2009, 3:44 AM EST
Watch
"I make this appeal from my heart to put aside these vices squeezing people out of their money and giving it to make the wealthy, wealthy and the poor, poor.
This madness has to STOP soon.
2
out of
2 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: Has to STOP.
By: Posted Anonymously,
Dec 28 2009, 3:07 AM EST
Yes mate it does....BUT when..........
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Never ever again
|
Norwood Hotel
|
0 |
Dec 23 2009, 5:57 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Dec 23 2009, 5:57 PM EST
Watch
We will never ever set foot in this place again... Rude, when they see your only playing 1 cent a line they look at you as though you are poor.
2
out of
3 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Woolworths
|
PokieWatch Home
|
5 |
Dec 23 2009, 12:53 AM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Sep 3 2009, 9:42 PM EDT
Watch
I am horrified by this news that Safeway/Woolworths are so heavily entrenched in the pokies culture. The Pokies have a huge impact on our society. Many of our problem gamblers inherited the problem and the cycle will continue if pokies venues are promoted as "child friendly/family friendly". Along with Woolies growing dependence on selling lower-grade overseas product, especially from China, to a country that should be able to sustain our own nutrition requirements, I have decided to buy my groceries from independant grocers. Often family grocers that support aussie farmers, and sell fresh (not year old) product.
0
out of
4 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: Woolworths
By: Posted Anonymously,
Dec 23 2009, 12:53 AM EST
I asked my wife to try Aldi, just for a couple of weeks. The savings are there, we are regular shoppers there now. The amount of people going to this Aldi store is unreal.
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Killing themselves because of Pokies.
|
Discussion Forum
|
0 |
Dec 22 2009, 5:52 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Dec 22 2009, 5:52 PM EST
Watch
We should all remember the people that are killing themselves because of the pOKIES.......why>>??
WELL, MAYBE NOT....BRUMBY DONT CARE. Why should we..
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Self Exclusion
|
Preston Hotel
|
0 |
Dec 12 2009, 5:56 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Dec 12 2009, 5:56 PM EST
Watch
Self Exclusion is on the right hand of the cashier window with phone numbers and the ALH David Swartz Gambling Awareness Posters.
I heard one of the staff say with 200 people on the exclusion list , how the hell are we supposed to remember all the faces. Very true.
2
out of
2 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
Anonymous |
|
Manners Please.
|
Discussion Forum
|
0 |
Dec 11 2009, 4:24 AM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Dec 11 2009, 4:24 AM EST
Watch
Went down to the Great Somie Hotel......**** , the staff there need a kick up the bum.
5
out of
5 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
Anonymous |
|
not good
|
Waltzing Matilda Hotel
|
1 |
Nov 25 2009, 5:52 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Sep 16 2009, 4:01 PM EDT
Watch
i was here wen i was on holiday and got bottlet over the head an bashed by 8 vietnamese me an my mate are lucky to be alive
1
out of
3 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: not good
By: Posted Anonymously,
Nov 25 2009, 5:52 PM EST
"i was here wen i was on holiday and got bottlet over the head an bashed by 8 vietnamese me an my mate are lucky to be alive" the manager there is a dick head he dont care. the staff dont iether,
1
out of
1 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
Anonymous |
|
lets get serious about these machines
|
PokieWatch Home
|
0 |
Nov 19 2009, 9:57 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Nov 19 2009, 9:57 PM EST
Watch
i want to start a campaign in my suburb to rid our local woolies owned tavern of pokies, if we can get enough signitures these ostrich type pollies will have to sit up and listen, Rudd is full of wind he states he hates them , now he realises how much revenue they make he is very quiet about them, These machines are a scourge on society and an artificial reef should be made out of them, they are just revenue collectors for the goverment and the bloated parasitical elite, kids i know eat weeties for dinner because there is no money for proper food , woolies dont care they sell the weeties to, may be we could get our pubs back like they used to be if we got rid of them , instead of mini casinos in every suburb run by the ex fruit and vegie manager from the store
1
out of
2 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
Anonymous |
|
this hotel suks ballz
|
Albion Charles Hotel
|
0 |
Nov 11 2009, 11:40 PM EST by
Anonymous |
|
|
Thread started: Nov 11 2009, 11:40 PM EST
Watch
pokies r riggd staff are fukwits
3
out of
4 found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Do you?
|
|
|
|
Keeping ALL poker machines open until the time of closing.
|
Discussion Forum
|
2 |
Oct 12 2009, 1:20 AM EDT by
PlayAndWatch |
|
|
Thread started: Jul 31 2008, 6:53 PM EDT
Watch
Tabcorp Holdings undertook as a firm commitment in 2004 AND 2005 to ensure that ALL of their venues would keep all gambling machines functional and useable until closing time of the venue. They agreed to this measure with Michael Heaton QC, Independent Person presiding over an Independent COmplaint Resolution Process action, managing a complaint from a consumer who was found to have been harmed b ythe practice of early closing of machines. The consumer was awarded a payout by Tabaret venues eventually but the consumer refused to take the money because it would have meant keeping silent.
Point is...early machine-closing was found to exacerbate an addicted problem gambler's spending by inciting anxiety, frustration, fear and desire to play harder and faster, similar to study findings that examined poker machine users' behaviour when it was argued that machines must not become 'scarce commodities' in venues.
The Venue Operators' Code of Practice was found to have been breached by venues who closed machines early. The Tabcorp venues that we have visited since, have all broken this rule (except Aces) and the promise by Tabcorp Holdings has been ignored and allowed to be broken.
www.dutyofcare.org.au Protest with Duty of Care Inc on Sunday 24th August 2008 at Sydney's Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour, at 10.30am. Wear a mask that shows your loathing of poker machines....and come and join us as an 'unidentified' body...see our site for mask suggestions and details. Please send on? Libby Mitchell.
out of
found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
Show Last Reply
|
|
Last Reply:
RE: Keeping ALL poker machines open until the time of closing.
By: PlayAndWatch,
Oct 12 2009, 1:20 AM EDT
"I have looked through both Tattersall's and Tabcorp's Codes of Practice and could not find this requirement.
SNIP
I am sure that I am missing something! If you can post where this requirement is, it will be helpful to all.
" I's now more than a year later & this is the next post on this thread. Perhaps Banpokies1 was passing on some info & either didn't have the sources or feared revealing them might compromise someone. If people have heard something or believe it but don't have clear evidence, I hope they won't make bald authoritative statements without some verbal hedging. Banpokies1 seemed to be convincing, & has even named the QC involved in the relevant action but I wonder if he's given us a verbatim quote of the undertaking. It would be a ridiculous undertaking for Tabcorp Holdings to make. Everytime a machine runs out of cash it is not functional & useable until it's refilled & reset. Other faults also develop during a trading period & even if a technician was there to start fixing the machine in seconds, the machine is not going to be usable while it's serviced. Someone should follow this up, but I'm not promising to even remember about it.
out of
found this valuable.
Do you find this valuable?
|
|
