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February 2011

What does religion say about gambling?

Many people who enjoy recreational gambling find themselves concerned about what their religion says about gambling – whether it is considered to be a sin, or forbidden, or whether their religion views it the same way that they do – as an essentially harmless bit of fun. Now, naturally gambling is not always harmless and [...]

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I was overseas on holiday recently and tried to access your site but it was blocked. What’s the go?

If your internet connection was of good quality and wasn’t dropping out, and you actually received a website-based message instead of accessing our website (you were directed to another site, and didn’t just receive a “File not found” message or something similar from your browser), then it is likely that you were in a country [...]

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Where did the name “pokies” or “pokie machine” come from?

You may be aware that in the United States of America, what we call pokies in Australia are called “slot machines” or “slots” for short. The origins of this name are relatively easy to discern. The slot in “slot machine” being referred to is the coin slot that the money goes into. At the time [...]

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