$1 million lost to poker machines each hour

The NSW Government is being urged to immediately respond to recommendations from a recent gaming reform report, following grim new data revealing that the state's gamblers are now losing one-million dollars to poker machines every single hour. The latest figures from the New South Wales Department of Liquor and Gaming reveal two-point-two-five BILLION dollars was lost to pokies between July and September. Guest: Sally Gainsbury, Director of the Gambling Treatment and Research Centre at Sydney University's Brain and Mind Centre and she was one of the independent members on the NSW Panel on Gambling Reform  Producer: Linda LoPresti