Poker machines are designed to celebrate wins but stay silent on losses. A new project aims to disrupt that psychological design by introducing a simple losing sound – and to push for legislative reform.
And if you want the issue to be debated in parliament you can sign a petition linked in the article.
How Much Money Can We Launder In A Day? - a satirical stunt featuring whistleblower Troy Stolz - former head of ClubsNSW’s anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism unit and current councilor - “He leaked an internal report that stated that 95% of registered clubs in New South Wales were non-compliant with anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism laws.”.
A great short read, and nice video!
Sharing some other relevant articles on pokies:
The Guardian (Australia)- Hooked: how pokies are designed to be addictive (also explores similar reward-manipulation techniques with interactive demos (e.g. loses disguised as wins), in fact it’s one of the cool examples on https://explorabl.es/all/ )
How Much Money Can We Launder In A Day? - a satirical stunt featuring whistleblower Troy Stolz - former head of ClubsNSW’s anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism unit and current councilor - “He leaked an internal report that stated that 95% of registered clubs in New South Wales were non-compliant with anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism laws.”.
Thank you for that. Please share the petition. Let’s get this debated in parliament.