Australian State’s Gambling Code Up For Review After Punters Lose Over $606 Million In Poker Australian State’s Gambling Code Up For Review After Punters Lose Over $606 Million In Poker Comments Off on Australian State’s Gambling Code Up For Review After Punters Lose Over $606 Million In Poker BRISBANE, Australia — About a quarter of citizens in the northeastern Australian state, Queensland, play the pokies, with an average spend of about AU$625 ($461.91) per person annually, figures in a new harm minimization plan released this week show. Queensland has flagged a review of its Responsible Gambling Code of Practice in the plan that shows pokies are both popular and problematic in the Sunshine State.