Hokey Pokie
Profits and problem gamblers. The Poker machine cash cows that have governments, clubs, pubs all doing the "hokey pokie".
Gambling addicts explain what its like to be mesmerized in "the zone". One woman recounts how she poured half a million dollars in life savings into the pokies, leaving her with nothing. One man describes how he lost his job, his house and his car, along with the love and trust of his family. Another describes how his mother, in the grip of a pokie addiction, stole more than $2 million from her employer and is now serving a jail term.
03.05 Horses on a horse track competing
04.20 Black and white clip of people gambling on Pokie machines
14.48 A close up of a Hokey Pokie Machine
14.56 A Man gambling on a Hokey Pokie machine.
25.27 A quick look over the different gambling machines in a club, while people are gambling
33.38 Horses in their box just before the start of a race.
33.43 Horses just getting out of their box in the beginning of the race.
33.53 Horses racing in a racetrack
36.07 Notes being put into a machine
FULL SYNOPSIS
04.20 Black and white clip of people gambling on Pokie machines
14.48 A close up of a Hokey Pokie Machine
14.56 A Man gambling on a Hokey Pokie machine.
25.27 A quick look over the different gambling machines in a club, while people are gambling
33.38 Horses in their box just before the start of a race.
33.43 Horses just getting out of their box in the beginning of the race.
33.53 Horses racing in a racetrack
36.07 Notes being put into a machine