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Acma ruling prompts calls for money to be returned to punters as government continues to consult on tougher regulation
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Exclusive: A Guardian Australia investigation has found an increase in the number of young people seeking help for problem gambling, with calls for urgent action
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It’s time to give vulnerable punters a chance – and a true ‘exit plan’ from further gambling harm
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If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
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Barely 2% of Australians or Americans use Bitcoin for its intended purpose: to buy things. Should we even call it a cryptocurrency?
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Competitive, determined, a belief in their own ability to win; the qualities that make elite sportspeople can lead to an addiction that breaks them.
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No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ lead – and phasing out gambling ads.
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The country is controversially home to a fifth of the world's slot machines, known locally as "pokies".
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Ringing bells, flashing lights and the promise of fortunes. What appears to be a simple game is a sophisticated system built to draw you in again and again.
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In a secret video recorded in his hospital room, terminally ill gambling industry whistleblower Troy Stolz speaks out against his former employer, ClubsNSW, and the harm caused by poker machines.
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Court files reveal countless examples of a connection between gambling addiction and criminal acts, but not even the criminals themselves know what came first.
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Unregulated, simulated casino games prove lucrative for developers, but experts fear they are breeding future problem gamblers.
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A pokies addiction put Carolyn Crawford in jail at the age of 64. She is convinced that cashless cards with a spending limit would have kept her from stealing more than $400,000.