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Mandatory Pre-commitment Trial

30 Jan 2012

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s proposal to conduct a trial of mandatory pre-commitment for poker machines which will require gamblers to set limits on how much they can lose?

Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
Total approve 58% 69% 49% 82%
Total disapprove 29% 20% 40% 12%
Strongly approve 22% 28% 17% 33%
Approve 36% 41% 32% 49%
Disapprove 16% 12% 22% 9%
Strongly disapprove 13% 8% 18% 3%
Don’t know 13% 12% 11% 5%

58% said they approved the Government’s proposal to conduct a trial of mandatory pre-commitment for poker machines and 29% disapproved.

Labor voters (69%) and Greens voters (82%) showed high approval and Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve (49%) than disapprove (40%).

These figures indicate a slightly lower approval of the trial than for the introduction of mandatory commitment – last week’s survey showed 62% support and 25% opposition to the mandatory commitment proposal.

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