Thoughts on Pokies

The KPMG report called Online Gambling, a gamble or a sure-bet? Showed that in 2008 alone $790 million was spent in Australia on overseas online gambling sites. Certainly, this shows Australia that pokies and online casino playing is very popular, and that the people want the opportunity to enjoy it. Travers explained that, if Australia ignores the online casino market, that number will increase and Australia will miss out on the tax that they could have gained from that activity.

The Federal Government now has this report in its hands as it decides on the state of online casino gambling and online pokies for Aussies. Many of the current online casino sites are hoping that the government will legislate and regulate what they do. Prohibitions have, obviously, not worked up until this point. Regulations, instead, would help Australia to keep on eye on the online pokies games that the citizens are playing and would create more tax revenue for Australia.