When asked whether the limits were likely to be enforced at other gaming venues, Ms Horne said the government was focused on implementing the recommendations of the royal commission.

'The ability to implement that system is already there, we just have to make it a universal requirement so that people who want to gamble on poker machines can do so knowing they have much more control.' 'We have a pre-commitment system, but it's not a requirement … but we know only a very tiny proportion - less than 1 per cent - of people do ,' Dr Livingstone said. Monash University gambling researcher Charles Livingstone said Victoria had an optional pre-commitment system for bets. Government statistics show more than $1.5 billion is lost on the pokies across the state each year. 'You can link the same system for pre-commitment to all pokies through clubs and hotels in Victoria so simply … the greedy pubs and clubs with pokies have fought this for more than a decade,' he said.Ĭrown Melbourne has about 2,600 pokie machines, about 10 per cent of the 26,321 spread across the state.

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