Dirty money fears as poker machine losses top pre-pandemic levels
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Losses on Victoriaâs poker machines have risen above pre-pandemic levels following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, with gamblers blowing $239 million in January.
One of the stateâs leading gambling experts says money laundering by criminals is likely to be at least partly behind the increased losses, which were $15 million more than those racked up in January 2020 before the pandemic shut down Victoriaâs pokies for seven months.
Victorian gamblers lost $239 million on poker machines last month.