Pulse Tasmania – Digital Online | 28 June 2025
Tasmanians lost $16.4 million on gaming machines in May
New Treasury figures show Tasmanians lost $16.4 million on gaming machines in May, the highest monthly total this year.
So far, the state has racked up $79.9 million in pokies losses in just the first five months of 2025.
Independent MLC Meg Webb says the figures put Tasmania on track to lose more than $190 million by year’s end, the highest annual total in a decade.
“Tasmanians lost more than $530,000 every single day in May,” Webb said.
“This is a shocking and deeply disturbing trajectory for Tasmania to be on, especially considering evidence demonstrates that around half of this comes from people experiencing pokies…