Published: October 01, 2018
The $246.2m lost in August 2018 was the second-largest monthly loss since records began in 1992
Victorians lost more money on the pokies in August this year than at any other time on record, except for the month after the Rudd government’s cash stimulus payments in 2008.
The data comes as gambling reform advocates criticise the state’s gaming minister, Marlene Kairouz, for agreeing to speak at what they describe as a “pokies industry conference” later this month.
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