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AU Pol Ticked Over Gambling Games

By pete_gallagher

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A South Australian politician fears that downloadable gambling games might fall into the hands of children.

Senator Nick Xenophon (pictured) is taking aim at Australian-based Pokie Magic, which creates mobile and PC games based on slot machines (or pokies). Xenophon, according to AdelaideNow, stated, 'If they are an Australian corporation, then we can legislate to stop this.'

'Children will play these applications thinking they cannot lose when in reality you cannot win,' said the Senator, continuing, 'We need an overhaul of our laws because the technological world has moved so quickly our laws are out of date and we need a national approach to this.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on May 03, 2010 (boomark / email).

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