Gambling Reform Affecting Online Pokies Called Un-Australian

Proposed gambling reform is at the centre of a huge debate now in Australia. Proponents claim that reform will help the current problem of players addicted to online gaming while others are against imposing any limitations. The government was hoping to get Clubs Australia to agree to the proposal and was willing to include some concessions if they would agree to put the reform into place by 2014.

Clubs Australia, however, has rejected this proposal. Both sides of the debate seem to be in a deadlock that will be hard to overcome. This is seen potentially as the end of the reform and could be the end of the road for some political careers as well.
On one side of the debate are some of the churches in Australia that claim that problem gambling does not only affect the person gambling. It also affects their families, friends and entire communities as well. Opponents claim that enacting this reform will not help to solve the problem and will lead gamblers to find other ways to continue gambling as usual.

The idea behind the proposed reform is to set limits on amounts of money that can be gambled before the punters begin to play the online pokies slots that have become so popular. Players would be required to sign cards before they play and would have limits set up stating how much they can lose before they must stop playing.

Those wishing to see the reform take place say that pokies and online gambling opportunities do present some problems, but those opposed to reform claim that regulating amounts of money that can be gambled is not the answer. When this vote does take place, it is thought to be one of the most important votes in the history of the Australian government and can have an effect on whether the current government is able to stay in power.

Clubs are claiming that their businesses will fail due to limits being set while proponents of the reform say that it will help to curb the current problem gambling that is taking place in Australia. The gambling legislation’s opponents have gone so far as to spend millions on advertising to gain public backing to defeat impending proposed legislation. Those on the side of enacting the legislation claim that businesses are taking advantage of players with an addiction.

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