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09-22-2016, 09:50 AM
Campaign celebrates rare pubs without poker machines
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Poker machines are a ubiquitous feature of pubs, bars and clubs in Australia. They're as common as the beer taps.
But a new youth-focused campaign called Proudly Pokies Free (https://www.facebook.com/proudlypokiesfree/) wants to challenge that.*
It's helping to promote venues that don't have "pokies" by providing awareness of the benefits of ditching the machines.
SEE ALSO: Australia is taking on revenge ****, but young people are still at risk (http://mashable.com/2016/09/05/revenge-****-young-people-australia/)
After all, Australians lose more money on ******** (http://www.eco**mist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/09/daily-chart-0) than any other nation, with each adult losing an estimated US$1,130 every year. That's largely due to the country having amongst the highest number of machines (http://gamingta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/World-Count-2014.pdf) per capita in the world.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/proudly-pokies-free-campaign/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Proudly Pokies Free (http://mashable.com/category/proudly-pokies-free/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Pokies (http://mashable.com/category/pokies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Poker Machines (http://mashable.com/category/poker-machines/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), ******** (http://mashable.com/category/********/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/gaI-8fTBL1o
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Poker machines are a ubiquitous feature of pubs, bars and clubs in Australia. They're as common as the beer taps.
But a new youth-focused campaign called Proudly Pokies Free (https://www.facebook.com/proudlypokiesfree/) wants to challenge that.*
It's helping to promote venues that don't have "pokies" by providing awareness of the benefits of ditching the machines.
SEE ALSO: Australia is taking on revenge ****, but young people are still at risk (http://mashable.com/2016/09/05/revenge-****-young-people-australia/)
After all, Australians lose more money on ******** (http://www.eco**mist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/09/daily-chart-0) than any other nation, with each adult losing an estimated US$1,130 every year. That's largely due to the country having amongst the highest number of machines (http://gamingta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/World-Count-2014.pdf) per capita in the world.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/proudly-pokies-free-campaign/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Proudly Pokies Free (http://mashable.com/category/proudly-pokies-free/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Pokies (http://mashable.com/category/pokies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Poker Machines (http://mashable.com/category/poker-machines/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), ******** (http://mashable.com/category/********/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/gaI-8fTBL1o