NSW on track to reduce pokies to national average by 2079

Crown’s secret lobbying operation to get poker machines at Barangaroo

It would take 55 years for NSW to reduce its poker machines down to the national average at the current rate of reduction, according to a top-level performance audit that found the Minns government’s gambling reforms are failing to minimise gambling harm.

'Virtually no oversight' of suburban poker machine dens

Regulators overseeing half of all the poker machines in Australia have been blasted for sitting on their hands and failing harm minimisation efforts.

Report finds regulation of NSW gaming machines ineffective in supporting harm minimization outcomes

A report by the NSW Auditor-General into the regulation of gaming machines has found that efforts by the state’s regulatory bodies to oversee the industry are not supporting harm minimization outcomes effectively. The detailed 47-page report, published Thursday, listed a series of concerns around the effectiveness of gambling reforms, including the pace at which gaming machines numbers are being reduced, a lack of communication around desired ha…