After 70 years of poker machines causing harm, there is growing hope that the tide is turning in Australia’s pokie capital, Sydney. “Every day across our state, around 26 million dollars is lost through poking machines,” Wesley Mission CEO Stu… Continue Reading
Weslet Mission reports New data released by NSW Liquor & Gaming confirms that nearly $9.3 billion* was lost on poker machines across New South Wales in 2025, the highest annual loss ever recorded in the state. This compares with losses… Continue Reading
Long-time campaigner for poker machine reform, the Dean of Sydney, Sandy Grant, has welcomed a unanimous report from federal Parliament, “You Win Some, You Lose More”. From St Andrew’s Cathedral Sydney, Dean Grant said: It’s excellent to see a Parliamentary… Continue Reading