Losing streak: how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry
book
posted on 2023-05-22, 07:45authored byJames Boyce
The story begins with the toppling of a premier, and ends with David Walsh, the man behind MONA, taking an eccentric stand against pokie machines and the political status quo.
It is a story of broken politics and back-room deals. It shows how giving one company the licence to all poker machines in the most disadvantaged state in the country has lead to several hundred million dollars of profits (Mainly from problem gamblers) being diverted from public use, through a series of questionable and poorly understood deals.
Losing streak is a meticulous, compelling case study in governance failure, which has implications for pokies reform throughout Australia.
History
Pagination
248
ISBN
9781863959100
Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences