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Re:Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake by bigtones on Friday September 27, 2024 @03:11AM (#41667252)
This is not true in Western Australia, where Poker machines are illegal everywhere other than the one casino.
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Re:Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake by LilBytes on Friday September 27, 2024 @05:24AM (#41668020)
That's fair, West Australia represents 3 million of Australias 26 million people.

The comment above tragically is true for most of the country.

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Re:Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake by nobodyandproud on Saturday September 28, 2024 @03:29PM (#41682442)
I’m tired of seeing quips like, “I was for legalizing gambling until it impacted my friend…”.

What kept Western Australia free from the gambling legalization mistake?

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Re:Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake by ikr678 on Sunday September 29, 2024 @09:07PM (#41692416)
Religious lobbying + labor protections. This is a state that prior to 2012 had no sunday retail trading (with some exceptions).

Also the WA state has alternate revenue sources (mining royalties) that the other Australian states do not.

There is gambling in WA, just not physical slot machines/TABs/keno in every licensed venue.

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