Over $13 billion annually – that’s how much Australia loses on poker machines – the highest rate in the world. More than three million Australians are affected by gambling harm every year, leaving lives and families devastated.
During this Gambling Harm Awareness Week, Gambling Harm Lived Experience Experts have launched Loss Limits, Not Lost Lives, a national campaign urging governments to enforce loss limits on poker machines.
The petition launched on change.org is led by Kate Seselja, who survived a fifteen-year gambling addiction that nearly cost her everything.
Image: Darya Sannikova on Pexels
Produced By: Tia Bailey, and Emma Wotzke
Featured In Story: Kate Seselja – Co-Chair of Gambling Harm Lived Experience Experts and petition organiser, and Dr Simone McCarthy – Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University
First aired on The Wire, Friday 31 October 2025