The Resource Losing streak : how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry, James Boyce
Losing streak : how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry, James Boyce
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The item Losing streak : how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry, James Boyce represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- A jaw-dropping account of how one company came to own every poker machine in the state of Tasmania -- and the cost to democracy, the public purse and problem gamblers and their families. The story begins with the toppling of a premier, and ends with David Walsh, the man behind MONA, taking an eccentric stand against pokie machines and the political status quo. It is a story of broken politics and back-room deals. It shows how giving one company the licence to all the poker machines in Tasmania has led to several hundred million dollars of profits (mainly from problem gamblers) being diverted from public use, through a series of questionable and poorly understood deals. Losing Streak is a meticulous, compelling case study in governance failure, which has implications for pokies reform throughout Australia
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Contents
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- The fight for the first casino
- Monopoly lost? The Bethune Government and the northern casino
- Was the Deputy Premier bribed?
- Monopoly won
- The pokies push
- The deal of the century
- Bringing home the Bacon, 1998-2003
- The deal of the millennium
- Federal invests, 2004-08
- "Not fit to be Premier"
- Winners and losers
- Mates in crisis, 2008-14
- The David Walsh wild card
- Conflicts of interest
- Hope in a cynical world
- Epilogue: Back to the future
- Isbn
- 9781863959100
- Label
- Losing streak : how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry
- Title
- Losing streak
- Title remainder
- how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry
- Statement of responsibility
- James Boyce
- Subject
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- Political corruption -- Tasmania
- trueAustralian
- Slot machines -- Licenses -- Tasmania
- Gambling -- Social aspects -- Tasmania
- trueDemocracy -- Tasmania
- Gambling -- Economic aspects -- Tasmania
- trueGambling industry and trade
- trueGambling -- Social aspects
- trueLaziness
- Compulsive gambling -- Economic aspects -- Tasmania
- Gambling -- Government policy -- Tasmania
- trueTasmania
- trueHistory writing -- Australia
- trueAustralian literature
- truePolitical corruption
- Federal Hotels Limited
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A jaw-dropping account of how one company came to own every poker machine in the state of Tasmania -- and the cost to democracy, the public purse and problem gamblers and their families. The story begins with the toppling of a premier, and ends with David Walsh, the man behind MONA, taking an eccentric stand against pokie machines and the political status quo. It is a story of broken politics and back-room deals. It shows how giving one company the licence to all the poker machines in Tasmania has led to several hundred million dollars of profits (mainly from problem gamblers) being diverted from public use, through a series of questionable and poorly understood deals. Losing Streak is a meticulous, compelling case study in governance failure, which has implications for pokies reform throughout Australia
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- 10571197
- Cataloging source
- ANL
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- Boyce, James
- Dewey number
- 363.42
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Federal Hotels Limited
- Compulsive gambling
- Laziness
- Slot machines
- Gambling
- Gambling
- Gambling
- Political corruption
- Democracy
- Target audience
- adult
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- how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry
- Label
- Losing streak : how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry, James Boyce
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-248)
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- volume
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- Contents
- The fight for the first casino -- Monopoly lost? The Bethune Government and the northern casino -- Was the Deputy Premier bribed? -- Monopoly won -- The pokies push -- The deal of the century -- Bringing home the Bacon, 1998-2003 -- The deal of the millennium -- Federal invests, 2004-08 -- "Not fit to be Premier" -- Winners and losers -- Mates in crisis, 2008-14 -- The David Walsh wild card -- Conflicts of interest -- Hope in a cynical world -- Epilogue: Back to the future
- Control code
- 000059249835
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Isbn
- 9781863959100
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Losing streak : how Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry, James Boyce
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-248)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The fight for the first casino -- Monopoly lost? The Bethune Government and the northern casino -- Was the Deputy Premier bribed? -- Monopoly won -- The pokies push -- The deal of the century -- Bringing home the Bacon, 1998-2003 -- The deal of the millennium -- Federal invests, 2004-08 -- "Not fit to be Premier" -- Winners and losers -- Mates in crisis, 2008-14 -- The David Walsh wild card -- Conflicts of interest -- Hope in a cynical world -- Epilogue: Back to the future
- Control code
- 000059249835
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 248 pages
- Isbn
- 9781863959100
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- trueAustralian
- trueAustralian literature
- Compulsive gambling -- Economic aspects -- Tasmania
- trueDemocracy -- Tasmania
- Federal Hotels Limited
- Gambling -- Economic aspects -- Tasmania
- Gambling -- Government policy -- Tasmania
- trueGambling -- Social aspects
- Gambling -- Social aspects -- Tasmania
- trueGambling industry and trade
- trueHistory writing -- Australia
- trueLaziness
- truePolitical corruption
- Political corruption -- Tasmania
- Slot machines -- Licenses -- Tasmania
- trueTasmania
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