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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

Victoria moves to introduce default $50 loss limit on poker machines

A person gambles on a poker machine at a pub.
Under the deal, a gambler would have a default daily loss limit set at $50 when using poker machines in Victoria. Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters

A default $50 daily limit on poker machine losses is set to be introduced in Victoria, and an overhaul of a much-criticised tax break for gambling venues considered, as part of a deal struck between the Labor government and the Greens.

The Greens said they had secured the commitments in exchange for their support of the government’s Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation repeal and advisory councils bill. The bill was debated in the upper house on Thursday and passed with the Greens’ amendment. It now will return to the lower house.

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