Analysis: Slots to smartphones: pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online
Australia overtook Britain to rank third by online loss. The government is considering introducing restrictions through October 2021. After decades of gambling deregulation, governments are cautious about reversing course. The new government said it will hold a parliamentary inquiry into online gambling. Some recommendations of a 2015 inquiry are yet to take effect. Experts do not expect online betting to become the country's primary gambling habit any time soon. There are 200,000 poker machines in Australia. It costs voters A$25 billion per year. A problem gambler says he no longer uses poker machine.
