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Luke Costin

RARE PHOTOS: Another pokies reform shelved slammed as deceitful | Rare Historical Photos

NSw Labor went to the 2023 election promising to buy back 9500 poker machines over five years. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

A promise to buy back one in 20 poker machines in Australia has been abandoned as a minister dismissed raw machine numbers in pubs and clubs as an issue.

Labor was elected in 2023 promising to buy back 9500 poker machines over five years in answer to a landmark crime commission report and demands for industry reform.

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