Victorian government should do more to reduce gambling

Australians are the worst problem gamblers in the world, up to twice as bad as people in Britain or the US, a researcher has told a conference in Melbourne. Problem gambling should be dealt, because it is not good for Mental Health of Melbourne¡¯s citizens.
Losses at poker machines are having damaging social consequences. The largest losers at poker machines are problem gamblers who have little or no control over their gambling behavior and lose large amounts of money that should be used to support themselves and their families. A problem gambler recently interviewed for The Age. A man said he has tried to stop. He¡¯s told his family that he has. But on payday when he got that money in his hand and he just have to go. He w...