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Poker machines have been prevalent throughout Australia for decades, but there are a lot of changes taking place, and more slated for the near future that could affect the way you spin the reels at the local pub, hotel or casino. Parliament passed the National Gambling Reform Act of 2012 and state administrators, as...

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Take a stroll down the busiest thoroughfares of Japan’s most populated city, Tokyo, and you will find more forms of entertainment to throw your money at than you probably ever knew existed. But of all of them, there’s one particularly prevalent recreation that you won’t find, and that’s a casino. Such gambling amusements are...

 Approximately 1,500 kilometers east of Australia, across the Tasman Sea, lies the island country of New Zealand. Between the North Island, South Island and a multitude of smaller islets, New Zealand packs an estimated 4.5 million people into its 268,000 square kilometer landmass. And wouldn’t you know it; they all seem to love playing...

 If you go to news.google.com on any given day and run a search for ‘pokies/slots jackpot winner’, you will find a throng of publications congratulating the winners of online poker machine jackpots. It happens on a very regular basis, which shouldn’t be too surprising considering that there are thousands of online casinos, each boasting...

 The Commonwealth of Australian has historically played a very minimal role in the passage of gambling laws throughout the nation. Those measures were generally left up to the government offices of each individual state or territory. In recent years, however, parliament has taken a more active role in Australia’s slot machine laws and gambling...

 Australia is home to hundreds of thousands of pokie machines, the largest majority of which are situated in New South Wales, boasting over 60,000 pokies across 1,500+ clubs and accounting for approximately $12 billion in revenue in 2013. These machines have been present Down Under since the earliest 1900’s, shortly after Californian Charles Fey...

 If you ask the average Aussie why he or she plays the pokies, they won’t say it’s because they need to win some money, or that peer pressure drove them to it. They’ll tell you they play because it’s fun. Entertainment is the number one reason any of us put our money in a...

 At a glance, an online pokies enthusiast in Australia might find the laws regarding such matters to be a bit confusing. On the whole, internet gambling was deemed illegal by the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001. It’s illegal for online pokie sites to offer their services to Aussie’s, whether that operator is located in...

 Australia is considered the ‘Land of Plenty’. Plenty of what, you ask? We have highly a diverse wildlife, particularly famous for an extensive range of marsupials. We have a fantastic warm weather climate with an abundance of natural wonders that draw tourists in droves each year. We also happen to have plenty—and by plenty...