Analysis: Slots to smartphones: pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online
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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. So he switched to a smartphone app which lets him track bets on his…
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…
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.
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