Katweezel
Well-Known Member
In my irregular campaign to try to raise general awareness in Australia concerning the ongoing wave of poker machine (slots) addiction in this country, the Sydney Morning Herald recently printed my letter, bless em:
Editor SMH,
"Australians lost around $8B last year on poker machines. That is pure madness in a country of just 21M population. Any pro casino player will never play a game where the house edge is worse than it is for baccarat (1.25%). You might imagine how he’d feel about pokies where the house edge is probably at or near 14%.
The industry believes that patrons are entertained by pokies, with their infernal noise, flashing lights and button pushing. Right. Taken in you mean, by clever tricks designed by psychologists, scientists and techno geeks and are designed to promote addiction. And have you noticed, patrons rarely talk to people, while they sit like automatons feeding the thing and pushing buttons, and … losing. If this is you, get a life and stay away from these infernal machines. Get this, you will NEVER overcome such a high house edge. Australia has the highest number of pokies in the world per head of population. That makes us the DUMBEST gamblers in the world. Time to wake up Australia." :eyepatch:
Editor SMH,
"Australians lost around $8B last year on poker machines. That is pure madness in a country of just 21M population. Any pro casino player will never play a game where the house edge is worse than it is for baccarat (1.25%). You might imagine how he’d feel about pokies where the house edge is probably at or near 14%.
The industry believes that patrons are entertained by pokies, with their infernal noise, flashing lights and button pushing. Right. Taken in you mean, by clever tricks designed by psychologists, scientists and techno geeks and are designed to promote addiction. And have you noticed, patrons rarely talk to people, while they sit like automatons feeding the thing and pushing buttons, and … losing. If this is you, get a life and stay away from these infernal machines. Get this, you will NEVER overcome such a high house edge. Australia has the highest number of pokies in the world per head of population. That makes us the DUMBEST gamblers in the world. Time to wake up Australia." :eyepatch: