Gamblers are the losers

Daily profits for pubs and clubs from poker machines hit $23 million a day, as punters' losses rose 11 per cent last year, Liquor and Gaming NSW quarterly figures show. Machines in pubs now account for 44 per cent of all losses, despite housing only 26 per cent of the state's poker machines.

Wesley Mission chief executive and gambling reform advocate Rev- erend Stu Cameron said the losses were obscene and highlighted the need for Premier Dominic Perrottet's push to turn gaming machines cashless Liquor and Gaming NSW figures show that the 86,568 poker machines in NSW clubs and pubs, generated the highest profits in western Sydney, Liquor and Gaming NSW figures show