The Addiction Machine | DOCUMENTARY | Gambling Industry | Slot Machines | Pokies | Gaming Business

The Addiction Machine - Slot machines / Pokies - they’re rigged, they’re addictive, and they’re everywhere. Storyline: In a first ever look behind the scenes, this film reveals the highly organised network of mathematicians, musicians and designers all working toward the single vision of ensuring we lose, and keep on loosing. In addition to hearing from neuroscientists, anthropologists and game theoriest who explain the science behind addiction, we meet those victims who have fallen prey to what they describe as an 'unlawful hypnotism'.

And at the end of this trail of destruction caused by gambling lies the goverment. Too reliant on revenue to fill budget holes; the government have become the greatest addicts of all.

The Pokies. They're rigged, they're addictive and they're everywhere. Worst of all, they target the poorest Australians. For the first time, the masterminds behind the machines reveal how they’re programmed for addiction. And we show how our governments became the biggest addicts of all.

The Pokies. They’ve gone from being illegal to being everywhere. Australia has rapidly become the Pokies capital of the world, with five times more machines per capita than the USA. We’re losing a staggering $12 billion a year , but everyone – players, industry and government – are hooked. What is it that makes these machines uniquely addictive?

Ka-Ching! delves behind the flashing lights and spinning reels to find out what makes pokies so treacherous, leading one expert to call them the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’. We speak exclusively to the masterminds behind the machine, who reveal how carefully they program Pokies for addiction. It is no accident that these machines are now listed alongside cocaine and heroin in the ‘psychiatric Bible’, the DSM . What we find is a highly organised network of mathematicians, musicians and designers, working together on a single vision: to make sure you lose, and keep on losing.

In addition to neuroscientists, anthropologists and game theorists, we hear from Pokies victims themselves, who’ve fallen prey to what they describe as an ‘unlawful hypnotism’. They let us in on the psychological lure of the machines, describing an escapist ‘zone’ where the stresses of the outside world disappear.

Together, these testimonies cast doubt on the industry’s assertion that the problem is with a small minority of individuals who ‘can’t control themselves’ with this otherwise innocuous past time.

Ka-Ching! takes us to the suburban backwaters of our capital cities, where Pokies thrive, with five times more machines than affluent post-codes . We see a trail of destruction that extends far beyond the clubs and pubs – into divided households, struggling local businesses and under-resourced social services. Yet there is precious little that communities can do to stop the scourge.

The film finishes by looking at the role of government in this mess. We chart the unsuccessful attempt to reel in the industry during the Gillard government, which met a vociferous campaign by the gargantuan Clubs Australia. With the government reliant on tax revenue to fill budget holes, our MPs hands are tied – but there’s a harrowing social cost. With this many lives on the line, we can’t ignore meaningful action any longe

Genre: Documentary

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