Australia’s Penchant for Pokies.
Our friends over on RSLPokies.com have put this brilliant infographic together to highlight the growing epidemic that is pokie addiction and problem gambling in this country.
Now the first thing we felt was kinda guilty because like many Aussies, we here at OnlinePokies.com.au love a punt on the pokies – so much so that we created this website to provide ourselves and whoever else was interested with access to the best online pokies and casino games currently available. Whether you want to play free pokies or real money pokies was – and remains – completely up to you but the fact we promote pokies left us feeling somewhat responsible – albiet the tiniest of bits.
Pokies are NOT the Problem… aPparently
RSLPokies.com say themselves that the problem is indeed an addiction to pokies but points out that it’s not the pokies themselves that are causing the problems but is in fact the Government and even worse, the RSL Clubs under control of ClubsNSW, ClubsVIC, ClubsACT etc!?!
Can anyone say conspiracy?!
And again it’s RSLPokies.com who bring our attention to a frightening fact: Not only is it true that the Government and those in the Gambling industry are indeed responsible for the rapid growth in problem gambling and pokie addiction, they are doing it right in front of our noses and making no effort to hide the fact.
- This article (which is just one of many) highlights how in your face the corruption and penchant for profits over people actually is – and again we are reminded that these are the very people charged with improving things! Check out the article –> HERE
What scares the guys at RSLPokies more than anything (and we tend to agree) is that no one is going to stop it! With the governing bodies and those in power benefiting from the $billion in tax revenue (driven mainly by pokies) it seems the only way is down as they seek to instigate anything and everything that encourages the growth of this revenue.
The fact this growth is coming at the expense of the communities they purport to support is like kicking a man when he’s down – and when you realise these ‘RSL’ clubs hide behind the ANZAC tradition it makes one wonder what happened to the “mateship” that made this country so great in the first place?
It Seems They’ve replaced People Power with Pokie Power. Pathetic.
For more information and Statistics on Gambling in Australia visit the following resource: