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Limitations on pokie machine gambling
 October 29, 2008, 8:14 am (3 years ago)Gambling and pokie machines especially, drawing the attention in the Australian state of New South Wales as Parliament argues on limitations on pokie machine gambling following a examination of the Gambling Machines Act. Gaming minister Kevin Greene has appealed a prohibition on credit card cash withdrawals from ATM machines in (land) gaming venues, a decreased cap on the maximum permitted poker machines by 5 000 and streamlining penalty processes in cases of misdemeanor.
Suggesting fines of max of A$ 11 000 in his new Gaming Machines Amendment Bill 2008, Minister Greene stated: "We don’t want anybody to have the chance to bet on credit."
Greene explains local government districts within the state are going to be categorized into different bands based on poker machine density and practice and further social data. "Those areas that have very big numbers of poker machines it is going to find it tremendously hard to boost the number of poker machines in those communities," he explained.
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