Michelle Mapa

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Michelle Mapa is a freelance writer covering international and local news for IBTimes Australia. She earned her bachelor's degree in Mass Communication in 2012.  As an ISFJ, she prefers inviting her friends for a sleepover during her not-so-busy days than travelling to the city. She may be reached at michellem@ibtimes.tunemedia.biz.

 

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Australia: The gaming scene by the numbers

The gambling industry is huge in Australia, a statement that is remarkable considering that poker machines did not earn their present-day permanence in clubs and casinos until the 1970s (New South Wales had a monopoly on slots from 1956) and sports betting were almost entirely absent as an institution until the 1980s.

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