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Analysis: Slots to smartphones: pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online

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Australia is the world's biggest gambling nation in terms of loss per person. Australia has seen a shift in betting behaviour since the pandemic-forced closure of public venues. Gamblers' losses on poker machines shrank for the first time during pandemic. But an unprecedented increase in money lost on apps, showed data.

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Reuters

Analysis: Slots to smartphones: pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online

For Rhys Wareham, a coffee industry technician from Sydney, the start of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 did not just mean staying home, but having to stop visiting the pub every afternoon to gamble on poker machines.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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OAN

Analysis-Slots to smartphones: pandemic sends Australia’s gambling problem online – One America News Network

By Byron Kaye and Praveen MenonSYDNEY (Reuters) – For Rhys Wareham, a coffee industry technician from Sydney, the start of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 did not just mean staying home, but having to stop visiting the pub every afternoon to gamble on poker machines.So he switched to a smartphone app which lets him track bets on his favourite sport, baseball, no matter where he is.“The gambling itself doesn’t stop,” said Wareham, 31, who has a yo…

2 years ago·San Diego, United States

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NBC News

Slots to smartphones: Pandemic sends Australia’s gambling problem online

For Rhys Wareham, a coffee industry technician from Sydney, the start of Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 did not just mean staying home, but having to stop visiting

2 years ago·United States

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The Japan Times

Slots to smartphones: Pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online

Already the world's biggest gambling nation in terms of loss per person, Australia has seen a shift in betting behavior since the pandemic-forced closure of public venues.

2 years ago·Japan

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Japan Today

Slots to smartphones: Pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online

2 years ago·Sakado, Japan

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Asia One

Slots to smartphones: Pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online

SYDNEY — For Rhys Wareham, a coffee industry technician from Sydney, the start of Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 did not just mean staying home, but having to stop visiting the pub every afternoon to gamble on poker machines. So he switched to a smartphone app which lets him track bets on his favourite sport, baseball, no matter where he is....

2 years ago·Singapore

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