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Advocates say most gamblers are losing more than ever, despite some quitting after lockdown
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Melbourne s extended COVID-19 lockdown helped Barry quit entirely. (ABC News: Matilda Marozzi)
The week before Australia s first COVID-19 lockdown, Barry lost $3,000 on the pokies.
He is among many telling their story under a pseudonym due to the stigma around gambling.
I d been gambling for 20-years on and off with the pokies, he told The Conversation Hour.
Not terribly, but before lockdown I was gambling a lot more.
Then the world seemingly stopped and pokies venues around the country closed.
It shut down and I haven t been back since, he said. ....

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