Judge Refuses to Ban Virtual Gambling Machines from Small Australian Town
A town in Australia has lost its fight to keep out virtual online casino gambling machines.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) over- ruled theVictorian Commission for Gambling Regulation’s decision to allow a ban of virtual online casino gambling machines in the small town of Drouin, in Gippsland.
The VCAT president, Justice Stuart Morris, said that Drouin was not a disadvantaged area. There was no justification, he said, for banning virtual online casino gambling machines in Drouin when they are permitted in all other cities in the region.
“If additional gaming machines are not appropriate in Drouin, how could 30,000 gaming machines be regarded as appropriate in Victoria?” Justice Morris asked.
Justice Morris added that the machines would bring benefits to the small town, pop. 6,000. The availability of local gambling, he said, would bring money to the community and decrease traffic on local roads since gamblers would not have to travel. The nearest gambling machines are located six kilometers away in Warragul.
The virtual online casino gambling machines in question are located at the Drouin Family Hotel, which has 20 machines. Annual gambling losses from these machines are expected to be around the $1.5 million mark.
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