Australians Want Slot Machine Limits 

According to a recent survey, Australian’s want their government to have lower betting limits. In fact, eight out of ten Tasmanians said that they would like to see a max bet on slot machines to be $1.00. They also said that in addition to that they want the time that people are permitted to use the slot machines limited to certain hours – shorter than what is currently allowed. 

It is no secret that Australia has a lot of slot machines and a lot of slot machine players – as well as addicts in their country. This is not the first time that citizens have asked them to cut back the number of slot machines that were allowed, and have asked for reductions in the amount of money that can be spent at one. This poll of 1,000 voters was taken by Enterprise Market and Research Services. It was commissioned by the Our Island Our Voices election alliance who does not want to see the way that slot machine gambling is set up to continue. They have a supporter in Senator Nick Xenophon who has made it very clear that he is against slot machine gambling in the country. 

Right now you can bet up to $5 per spin on the slot machines and they say that this is entirely too much money. They say that you can lose up to $600 an hour, which is the “average family wage” in the country. They are afraid that those that cannot contain themselves will spend all of their money and put their families into financial ruin. They found that of the people polled, more than 80% wanted to see the limits put on the slot machines.  

Only 10% of those surveyed said that they do not want stricter controls, and one can only assume that the government doesn’t either as they stand to make $90 million a year on slot machine revenues.