Liberals Have No Mandate for Federal Deal
The Treasurer's Federal monopoly rhetoric in Parliament today remains empty and meaningless, despite its bombastic delivery.
The Treasurer's Federal monopoly rhetoric in Parliament today remains empty and meaningless, despite its bombastic delivery.
Treasurer Peter Gutwein made it clear he is prepared to do Federal Hotels' bidding and extend the destructive gambling monopoly deal beyond 2018.
Tasmanians lost almost $194m in the 2014-15 financial year, which equates to nearly $4m more than the previous financial year.
The odds are already stacked against patrons who play the pokies, and with those machines malfunctioning the losses are set to be even greater.
The latest poker machines losses figures reveal Tasmanians lost $17, 203, 985 for the month of January this year, an increase on the December losses.
The latest Treasury monthly break-down figures reveal Tasmanians lost a staggering $207, 340, 156 on poker machines from December 2013 to December 2014.
The latest EGM loss figures reveal that Tasmanians lost $17, 410, 489 on poker machines for the month of July alone.
The latest poker machine loss figures reveal that Tasmanians lost the equivalent of an average annual salary of $53, 35 on every pokie machine in the state.