By 2000, clubs in NSW Australia collectively operated
around 75,000
gaming machines or 8 per cent of high intensity machines
worldwide. This study examines how these clubs have
strategically
managed the issue of problem gambling. Stage One
traces the
development of machine gambling in these
not-for-profit venues
and explains how increased commercialisation
diminished their
social contract and exacerbated problem gambling.
Stage Two
analyses how other factors also fuelled the emergence
of problem
gambling as a significant social issue. Stage Three
considers the
relevance of...