pokies - Alice Springs News https://alicespringsnews.com.au The freedom of the press still furnishes that check upon government which no constitution has ever been able to provide - Chicago Tribune. Sun, 17 Sep 2023 03:18:46 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 195104910 Town blows $14m on pokies, not counting Alice’s biggest gambling place https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/16/town-blows-14m-blown-on-pokies-not-counting-alices-biggest-gambling-place/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=town-blows-14m-blown-on-pokies-not-counting-alices-biggest-gambling-place https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2023/09/16/town-blows-14m-blown-on-pokies-not-counting-alices-biggest-gambling-place/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2023 09:33:06 +0000 https://alicespringsnews.com.au/?p=88240 By ERWIN CHLANDA Gamblers playing the pokies in Alice Springs clubs and pubs lost almost $14m in 2022-23. This doesn’t include the poker machines in Lasseters Casino whose data “cannot be provided due to commercial-in-confidence,” according to the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade. That is clearly a huge multiple of the disclosed figure. Meanwhile […]

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Natasha Fyles (pictured) winds back the number of gaming machines "dramatically increased" under the Giles government.

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