'Cultural blindspot': push to go all in on gambling fix

There's a call to cut the 88,000 poker machines in NSW by half in the next decade. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

A mayor touted as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's possible successor in his federal seat is pushing to slash the number of pokies to move the needle on a "public health pandemic."

Sydney's Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne is proposing the gutting of the 88,000 poker machines in NSW by half in the next decade.