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Online Pokies: The Crack Cocaine of Casino Games?

Both physical and online pokies are often maligned by politicians looking for votes, by family members who have ‘lost’ a loved one to an addiction, and sometimes by scientists. Recently, they have been called the ‘crack cocaine’ of casino games – presumably a game that is both more instantly addictive and more destructive than all [...]

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Online Pokies News: December 2011

In some respects the online pokies world is very stable. The main online casinos remain, the rules stay the same, the payment processors don’t really change. However, when you look at the online pokies world on a global scale, it is actually quite big and busy! Today we check out what’s new in the online [...]

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Record Online Pokies Jackpot Won!

Last night an unsuspecting pokie player got the shock of their life when they hit the jackpot on micro gaming’s Mega Moola, a jackpot often played under from the casinos we recommend. The player cashed in a total of 5.5 million US dollars which is about the same in Australian dollars right now, breaking the [...]

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The Australian Pokie Reform

There has been so much talk about pokies recently and I have been trying so hard not to get involved and add my two cents however I have come to a point where I can contain myself no long, plus I think that with everything that is out there it maybe useful for a summary [...]

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Cairns To Become the Australian Vegas

Ever wonder which Australian city could one day become the Australian equivalent of Las Vegas? Well you can out your mind at ease because in some recent decisions made by leaders of the Australian tourism industry cairns has been chosen to become the countries centre of poker machines. More detailed information in the below article [...]

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Pokie Licence Sold For Over 1 Billion Dollars

The Victorian Government has raised almost $1 billion from the auction of poker machine licences. Gaming Minister Tony Robinson said $981 million had been raised during the bidding process for Victoria’s 27,500 poker machines. The much needed fund raised from this sale will now to funnelled into areas such as the health care system and [...]

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Another Reason To Play Pokies Online

It was recently discovered that many of Australia largest poker machine companies have been doing some unusual business in an attempt to reduce the tax payable on their income. It is things like this that remind me of how online pokie sites are able to provide players so much higher payout rates. The costs for [...]

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Northern Territory Pokie Cut Back

Recent announcments show that the norther territories are currently in discussion for the revison to the number of pokie licences issued this year. This change was initiated by the findings of a recent reports to that the NT population over the last financial year have put in excess of 170 million dollars through their poker [...]

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Online pokies reduce the risk of problem gambling

According to a recent report by compulsive gambling expert and social worker Howard Slayton, internet gambling may actually reduce the risk of a person being a problem gambler. Slayton says “Land casinos create an environment that envelopes the customer, leading to disconnection with reality and opening up avenues for problem gambling impulses to take over. [...]

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