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Atlantis To Antarctica: Tales Of Extreme Research



From the bottom of the sea to the bottom of the globe, scientists are looking for life in Earth's most extreme environments. A marine scientist on the R/V Atlantis and a microbiologist studying life in Antarctica recount their adventures, and what their research has in common.


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• VU Researcher says industry must prove pokies are safe
Victoria University?s Jennifer Borrell has developed a new framework for looking at problem gambling linked with Electronic Gambling Machines (EGMs), better known as the pokies.

Borrell says: ?We need to take a holistic approach to problem gaming and see that it is not just about people with a pathological addiction to the pokies, there is a whole system that encourages this to happen. The harm starts with the pokies machines themselves.?

?The more you research this area the more you realise how harmful these machines are. They incorporate features designed to keep people playing and maximise profits, which we know leads to problem gambling?, she says.

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?We know that continuous gambling is a precursor to gambling addiction, so machines that encourage this need to be tested to ensure they are safe. This isn?t happening?, she says.

Borrell says increased profits for the gambling industry equate to a rise in problem gambling.

?The Government?s own research clearly shows that most of the industry?s profits come from the losses experienced by problem gamblers?, she says. The profits also come from people and communities who can least afford it.

A study commissioned by the Victorian Government in 2005 found only 31.1 per cent of 418 EGM gamblers were non-problem gamblers, while 27 per cent were problem gamblers, with moderate gamblers (25.4 per cent) and low risk gamblers (16.5 per cent) forming the majority. The study was carried out by specialist psychological services company, Caraniche Pty Ltd.

Borrell says the industry is free to use cutting-edge technology to maximise profits without any meaningful regulation by state or federal government.

In Victoria the gambling duopoly of Tattersalls and Tabcorp uses a Central Monitoring System to monitor each of their machines in real time. Borrell says this information is used to identify how profitable machines are operating, and ultimately get players to part with more money.

She says that the machines are designed and placed to get players to spend as much money as possible, in as short a timeframe as possible.

?People who become addicted to pokies typically have no prior history of gambling and exhibit dramatic changes in behaviour, such as spending their lives savings on these machines?, she says.

Borrell says that if the Government wanted to address the issue of problem gambling it would put the onus on industry to prove the machines are safe.

?Look at the pharmaceutical industry. You wouldn?t put a pill on the market until it was tested for side effects, so why isn?t this happening with gambling machines that are causing people to ruin their lives, and those of their families?? says Borrell.

Borrell?s research shows that problem EGM gambling has effects beyond the individuals involved, extending to families, friends, businesses and local communities. People already living on the margins are particularly vulnerable to the seduction of the venues and the machines. When people get into trouble it is welfare services that often pick up the pieces.

In effect, the lack of Government regulation of the industry is a failure to look after community interests while safeguarding income derived from gambling taxation.

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Borrell graduated from Victoria University on Friday 21 October.
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