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<Academics have long said that people gambling on poker machines can't make rational buying decisions> While probably true, its just another example of the nan

by J3L2404 16y ago

<Academics have long said that people gambling on poker machines can't make rational buying decisions> While probably true, its just another example of the nanny nation making it easy to have no responsibility. I like to think this wouldn't get ten feet in the states, but I'm not so sure.

hugh3 16y ago
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But on the other hand, Australia is generally much more libertarian about gambling than the US is. If you want to play a poker machine in the US, you've gotta go to Nevada (or Atlantic City, or an Indian casino, or a couple of other places). If you want to play one in Australia, just pop down to your local pub and they'll have a room full of them. There's also a casino (though only one) in every major city. And betting on horses is pretty much compulsory. I don't like the idea of this law, but I do think it would be nice if people who have a serious problem with gambling could ban themselves from using poker machines somehow.