Tag: pokies
Pokies’ losses ring up to $106m
More than $106 million has been lost on pokies in Wyndham in a 12-month period.
Latest data from the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor...
Pokies plan for $18m complex
Wyndham council has received a planning application seeking permission to build an $18 million, seven-storey entertainment and commercial complex in Truganina.
The application, for 231...
Wyndham pokie losses top $105m
Wyndham gamblers lost more than $105.5 million on poker machines during the 2017-18 financial year, the eighth-highest amount in the state.
Figures released by the...
Council to boycott pokie venues
Wyndham council staff will be forbidden from organising council events and social outings at venues with poker machines, under a tough new draft policy.
Last...
Footy club bid for more pokies
Ten more poker machines could soon be coming to Hoppers Crossing under a Werribee Football Club plan to boost electronic gaming machine (EGM) numbers...
Wyndham’s pokies spend spikes
Wyndham has experienced the largest increase in pokies spending in the state in a six-month period.
Between July and December last year, more than $53.75...
The Hillier View
As reported by this paper last week, the state government is looking at a proposal that will see the number of gaming machines increased in...
Wyndham pokies spend tops $97m
Wyndham’s pokies raked in more than $97.76 million in the 2016-17 financial year, the eighth-highest in Victoria’s municipalities.
Brimbank topped the state with more than...
Council cuts the odds on gaming
Wyndham’s councillors have vowed to take a stand against the impacts of problem gambling, including poker machine addiction.
Last week the council launched an update...
Council submission addresses pokies harm
Wyndham council has provided recommendations to the state government on how it believes harm caused by gaming machines can be minimised.
The council’s current policy...
Punters lost almost $100 million on Wyndham pokies
Punters lost almost $100 million on electronic gaming machines in Wyndham in the year to June 30.
The latest figures from the Victorian Commission for...
Review could lead to more pokies in Wyndham
Wyndham council is concerned that the number of poker machines allowed in the municipality will be increased as a result of a state government...
Local venues shun pokies pre-commitment trial
None of Wyndham’s 13 gaming venues will take part in a trial pre-commitment scheme for problem gamblers despite punters losing more than $93 million on...
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The Macbeths to make a morbid Christmas
Shakespeare will be performed in Footscray with a Christmas twist next month.
The Macbeths is an intimate and tense reimagining of Shakespeare's original text abridged...
