Poker machines and their creation of harm, while governments pretend interest in harm prevention

Friday, 15 November 2019 - 10:00am to 10:30am

This program continues the teme of 'sociogeneic' and governogenic' mental illness - with addiction being generated by the design, proliferation and regulation of high-intensity poker machines for private profit and government revenue.

Refs:

Borrell, J. (2008) Understanding problem gambling: the interaction of personal and stuctural processes. Germany: VDM Verlag.

Costello, T. & Millar, R. (2000) Wanna bet?: Winners and losers in gambling's luck myth. NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Think Again

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am

Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.