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Trial finds cashless gaming makes little difference to gambling behaviour on pokies (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 7 months ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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In short: One of the first cashless gaming trials in NSW found the technology made little difference to the behaviour of gamblers.

The Wests New Lambton trial has received criticism from gambling reform advocates, who say it did not include a card with binding and default limits.

What's next?: The Independent Panel on Gaming Reform will provide findings from an expanded statewide cashless gaming trial.

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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago (20 children)

Gambling shouldn't be privatised. Idk why we allow people to profit from addiction. Their incentive is just to make it worse.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 5 points 7 months ago (5 children)

If it were just public then it'd be the government exploiting people's addiction. Honestly I see no way out of this besides regulating it out of profitability.

Maybe casinos have to have a net odds at like 50:50.1 and then charge for entry. Big wins would probably not happen so it might not work. But I've never met anyone who gambled regularly and it wasn't a problem.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

So it's a bit cooked but basically humans do stuff that's harmful, governments supplying it at least removes profit incentives.

You can't ban gambling out of existence but a government body can be set up in such a way that odds are fairer, only less addicting games are offered (e.g. no pokies because flashing lights and sounds are satanic), the rooms have natural light and clocks etc. Any money made goes into gambling assistance programs or community improvement or whatever.

Would people still get hurt? yes. Would there be corruption? yes. But there's no way it can be worse than private operations which still have all the same problems with less transparency and being harder to regulate, plus the profit incentive.

Think of it like injecting rooms, trust me it's way safer and less glamorous to shoot up /get supplies at one of those than a house party.

[–] billiglarper@rollenspiel.social 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

@naevaTheRat @Neato

Germany actually has a similar approach with the gambling agency.

It actually tries to set rules that protect gamblers (no loans, no advertising, no parallel games, regulated user accounts) and limits the kinds of games available.

https://www.gluecksspiel-behoerde.de/de/praeventionspielerschutz/massnahmenkatalog

Proceeds from gambling don't have to be non-profit, though. So gambling is still lucrative for casinos with a license. Or the states with their state run lottery.