Government Rules Out Destination Gaming for Victoria
Source: Victoria. Minister for Gaming. Media Release
"The Brumby Government will not pursue a destination gaming model in Victoria. Gaming Minister Tony Robinson said the Brumby Government is taking action to protect vulnerable communities from harm associated with problem gambling and has fulfilled its commitment to investigate the potential for destination gaming as a proposal to reduce the harm from problem gambling. “Following consideration of the outcomes of this investigation and subsequent report released today, the Brumby Government believes destination gaming would not be an effective harm reduction measure in Victoria at this time,” Mr Robinson said.“The Brumby Government recently announced the post-2012 gaming industry structure, which will see clubs and hotels operating gaming machines and will deliver greater transparency and accountability to local communities.“This community focused structure will be complimented by a range of new measures to combat problem gambling.”Destination gaming is considered by some problem gambling advocates to be a potential problem gambling harm reduction measure, involving the redistribution of gaming machines into fewer, but larger, gaming venues."