media release

Online gambling a growing scourge on society

11/02/16

Around 200 world gambling experts are gathering in Auckland this week, the biggest threat on their minds is now online betting rather than the old bogey, poker machines.

 

Around 200 world gambling experts are gathering in Auckland this week, the biggest threat on their minds is now online betting rather than the old bogey, poker machines.

Gambling companies are using popular online games to lure young people into new forms of gambling to offset the dwindling popularity of poker machines.

Uniting Communities South Australia’s advocacy manager Mark Henley joined Paul Henry to discuss what can be done to combat online gambling problems.