00:02This windswept land in Melbourne's west used to be an explosive site. After years of remediation
00:08work it's now cleared for housing. But having homes so close to this pokies pub has some
00:13locals worried.
00:14The potential social housing disaster that could be caused if they actually allow housing
00:21right next door to this pokies venue.
00:24The new homes would be metres from one pokies pub. Another sits within 800 metres of the
00:29development on Ballarat Road. Over 12 months punters lost $36.5 million at the two venues.
00:36Over $100,000 a day every single day of the year.
00:41Graeme Blore has joined the fledgling west party who are eyeing off crossbench influence
00:45at the November election. The party is campaigning to scrap some of the more addictive features
00:50of pokies including alarms and spin rates of machines. It also wants shorter opening hours.
00:55We're not about outlawing them all together. We just want to see a much fair, much more
00:59equitable system for the people of Victoria.
01:02Pokies policy is a complex area with the state taking $1.5 billion in pokies taxes every single
01:09year. The social cost to Victoria is even higher with one estimate putting problem gambling,
01:14of which pokies is the biggest contributor, at $14 billion in lost productivity as well as
01:20the impacts on the health and justice systems. The Labor government is pushing ahead with
01:24new rules requiring Victorian pokey players to use a special card and preset how much they're
01:30willing to lose. It's already mandatory at Crown Casino. A trial has been run in pubs
01:35and clubs but its rollout was delayed and its findings are yet to be released.
01:40These things have worked. They have had a big important impact. The coalition, like the pokies industry,
01:46have previously rubbished carded play and are demanding the trial be released.
01:50We would, if elected, release that actual review and then consider the findings of that review going forward.
01:57I think it's a disgraceful policy. Labor and the Liberals are both in bed with the gambling lobby.
02:01The Greens want to phase out pokies from pubs and clubs.
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