I saw a documentary about Pokies that suggested that this framing of gambling as being an individual's problem instead of a problem with an industry that is spe

I saw a documentary about Pokies that suggested that this framing of gambling as being an individual's problem instead of a problem with an industry that is specifically designed to use weaknesses in human psychology to extract the maximum amount of money from them was a deliberate tactic to prevent useful legislation being passed, because it's then up to the gambler with the problem rather than the institution of gambling to control their gambling. Never mind that those people are literally the least qualified to control their gambling addiction. If anyone's interested, it was called "Ka-ching! Pokie Nation" http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/kaching-pokie-nation/ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/kaching-pokie-nation/