Deborah lives hundreds of kilometres from a casino, but her NSW–Victoria border region is saturated with pokies.
"Sometimes it's all you ever think about, and it's day by day, you have to fight the urge to gamble."
"It's a staggering figure, isn't it? You have a poker machine for every 13 people in that area," said Stu Cameron from Wesley Mission, which operates gambling counselling services.Stu Cameron from Wesley Mission says the number of pokies in the border region is "staggering".And further east in Deborah's town of Albury, there is one for every 53 people.
"The fact that there was such a significant advantage given to New South Wales towns and regions in establishing this industry is still playing out today."Poker-machine changes became a contested topic for the upcoming NSW election when the Coalition government put forward, and a ban on political parties accepting financial donations from clubs that have gaming machines.
ClubsNSW said a "brief campaign" by clubs in Murray was sparked by the "frustration felt … about [Ms Dalton's] refusal to engage with them" and not her position on cashless gaming. "So if you're trying to hide your gambling from a partner, if you share a bank account, it's much easier to gamble with cash," Ms Bruton said.
"However, there are over 112,000 club members, indicating that many local Victorians are members of clubs located on the NSW side of the border.
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