![]() Last year, non-casino poker machines alone accounted for $11.4bn. ![]() Recent estimates put Australians’ cumulative losses to legal forms of gambling at about $25bn a year. ![]() They can lose extraordinary amounts of money very quickly. ‘I was in a no-win situation, literally,’ says Aaron Perkins-Kemp-Berger. The consequences can include debt and other financial repercussions, problems with time management, relationship breakdowns, physical or psychological health issues, serious legal tangles and more. “Besides the language and the stories, you learnt how to gamble.” Designed to be addictiveįor nearly 50 years, Perkins-Kemp-Berger was one of the estimated 1.3 million people in Australia who experience gambling harm. Perkins-Kemp-Berger, an Arrernte man, says gambling was brought into his community through colonisation, but “it became part of our culture”. “If you asked me to tally what I lost? I would have had my own house by now.” “I didn’t live well, but my pokies habit lived well,” he says. ![]() Later, he rented his own flat, but “even then, I still made sure I had more money for pokies”. The lack of expenses meant he spent most of his salary on slot machines. He was working in hostels, where food and accommodation were provided. It was like having breakfast, lunch or tea – it was a done thing. ![]()
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