• dan@upvote.au
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    3 months ago

    This has been the case for a long time, unfortunately. Australia is even worse than Las Vegas in terms of gambling losses. 20% of the world’s slot machines are in Australia (and they’re widespread in a lot of venues, not just casinos), a huge percentage of Aussies say they’re regular gamblers, and per-capita gambling losses in Australia are far higher than any other country.

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      3 months ago

      Pokies mostly catch the boomers / older genx, liminals and millennials have been sportsbetted and the fucking cup is ‘just a bit of fun’.

      Genz are either too broke to bet or so broke they’re desperate enough to bet