Pokies Blog

Keep up to date with the latest pokie, gambling and casino related news articles that have been published in May 2012. Check out the articles listed below.

• Gambling amendment could affect SkyCity plans
• Wilkie to reveal pokies hand
• Wilkie holds out on pokies reforms
• Pokies ads slam Coles, Woolies
• Australia’s Poker Machines: Are They Too Popular?
• TV stations turn back on anti-pokies ad
• Judd’s ‘secret’ pokies stake
• Wilkie to back watered-down pokies laws
• Greens and Xenophon resist pokies change
• Clubs stake new claims on pokies trials
• Xenophon praises AFL pokies sell-off plan
• Opinion: AFL can’t lose on pokies
• Pokies legislation still in doubt
• Pokies deal to die in Senate
• Bowls player rorts $600k from pokies

Update (29th of May) : The jackpots just keep on coming with the Major Millions jackpot having hit twice for $551,239 and $263,540 in the last 18 days and the Mega Moolah progressive paying out another million dollar plus jackpot with $1,070,267 being hit on Saturday.

It’s no secret that there are some huge jackpots that can be won playing online pokies but it is quite rare to see two million dollar plus jackpots being won in the same week. That’s what has happened this week with two players picking up jackpots of $1,391,122 and $1,801,600 – huge wins for a few spins on the pokies.

The first $1,391,122 jackpot went off a week ago on the Mega Moolah progressive. This follows on from a $1,528,207 jackpot win in March this year and an even bigger $3,841,865 won in October of last year and goes to show that you can never really predict when the Mega jackpot will go off.

The second jackpot of $1,801,600 was won this morning on Major Millions when a lucky player bet $3, spun the reels and lined up all five of the jackpot symbols. It’s not the first time the game has paid out over a million this year with a $1,788,543 jackpot hit in February.
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Catch up on all of the latest pokies, casino and gambling related news items published in April 2012. Check out the articles below,

• Clubs industry ends pokies campaign
• Club staff banned from pokies
• Pokies cuts will take 26 years
• Study says pokies give back just 1.9pc
• SkyCity pokie deal was PM’s offer
• Most Australians favour pokies push
• Wilkie, govt pokies reform dance continues
• Pokies 101: Clubs teach students about gambling
• Pokies give peanuts to charity
• Wilkie to turn the screws on pokies reform
• Solid support for pokies reform: survey on gambling

Take a look at the pokies and gambling related news items that have  been making news headlines in the first few weeks of March 2012.

• Monash Council Calls for an End to More Pokies
• Pokies Trial Could be Pushed Back
• Sports betting ‘fastest growing’ gambling
• The Star Sacks Three Casino Managers
• Pokies Bill May Be Scrapped
• Federal Opposition Silent on Pokies
• Wilkie Goes for Pokies Round Two Bun Fight
• The Governments Pokies Reform Bill is a Farce
• ALP Funds from Pokie Clubs ‘Legal’
• Plan Could See Pokies in New Suburbs
• Doubt Cast on Pokies Trial Date
• Pokies Grants of $141m to NZ Rugby in six years

The Mega Moolah progressive jackpot has been hit again with a very lucky online pokie player winning a very nice $1,528,207.  This marks the first time the Mega jackpot has been won this year with the previous win coming at at $1,965,938 won in December of last year. As usual  the jackpot has now reset to a cool $1,000,000.

The great thing about the Mega Moolah series of progressives is that you can win the jackpot for as little as 50 cents per spin. In fact several of the biggest wins on the game including a massive $5,556,736 were won by players betting just 50 cents – clearly the jackpots on Mega Moolah compared to the bet size are way better than anything you’ll get in a pub or club.

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Catch up with all of the latest pokies and gambling related news. Below are news items that have been published in the first three weeks of February 2012.

• Gambling industry are no dopes
• Campaigners want ‘Sex and the City’ pokies investigated
• Delay of pokies reforms saves Glenorie RSL from closure
• Pokie machines to stay at Flinders St station
• Council to appeal against Castlemaine pokies
• Baillieu breaks pokie vow
• History books will show the folly of being slaves to the pokie lobby
• Govt releases pokies draft laws
• ACT pokies trial gets first nod
• Govt, SkyCity nearing pokie deal
• Raiders set to collect big pokies windfall

The Beach Life progressive pokie jackpot finally went off on the weekend at a huge $7,681,466.79.  This makes one lucky online pokie player an instant multi-millionaire and represents the highest ever jackpot that the Beach Life game has paid out.

The jackpot has reset to $60,000 so it will be a while before we see the jackpot reach the magic million dollar mark again.
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We take a look back at pokie related news that made headlines in January. Catch up on all of the important pokies and gambling related news that was published in January 2012.

• Wilkie takes pulse of MPs over pokies
• New poker machine reforms won’t hurt clubs says Minister
• PM silent as poker-machine reform bill may need an MP to cross the floor
• Gillard Accused on Pokie Reforms
• Gillard Government Defiant on Pokie Pre-Commitment Reform
• Talks Fail to Deliver on Pokies Reform
• License to Punt Laws are Doomed to Fail
• Andrew Wilkie told to Fold on Gillards Pokie Plan
• Bendigo Stadium Pokies Purchase Approved
• Julia Gillard Cans $1 Pokie Betting Limit Plan
• Factbox : Pokies Around the World
• Pokies Trial in the ACT Bordering on Futile
• Where to now for Pokies Reform?

Every month we look at the biggest online pokie jackpots and this month there is one huge jackpot at almost $7,000,000 and several other jackpots that are over or nearing $1,000,000. As usual it’s the progressive games that have the biggest jackpots and it’s worth noting that all wins are paid out in one payment. On to the jackpots …

Beach Life  : $6,950,733

The Beach Life progressive pokie found at Playtech casinos has a hit a new record of over $6,950,733. The previous record for Beach Life was $4,248,572 which was hit in early 2010. Since then it the jackpot has gone off four times with the biggest win being $2,786,947.

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Catch up on the latest pokies news published up to the week ending on the 20th of November 2011. Check out the latest news below.

• Woolies Could Have More Pokies Than Vegas Casinos
• Clubs say $1 pokies cap will cost $3 billion
• No pre-commitment to the truth in pro-pokie campaign
• AFL meets with reform MP Andrew Wilkie
• Lindsay MP David Bradbury supports pokie reform trial
• Time’s up for pokies at Flinders St Station
• $100m lost on ACT pokies
• ALP carries pokie burden
• Adelaide Casino refuses to pay woman on $105,000 jackpot