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Pokies losses in Nambucca
Nambucca, New South Wales. Every dollar on this page went into a poker machine and never came back. Here's how much, and what that money could have done instead.
Lost in a year
$15.3 million
That's $41,856 a day, or $749 for every resident in Nambucca.
- Machines
- 284
- Venues
- 14
- Lost per machine
- $53,794 a year
- Residents per machine
- 72
Against the rest of New South Wales
Nambucca loses less per resident than the NSW average. It's 67% of the average. Out of the 49 New South Wales areas with figures of their own, it's the 39th highest.
Losses per resident a year, counting everyone who lives there (all ages, 2021 Census).
Hotels and clubs
- Clubs: $11.1 million from 229 machines in 9 venues
- Hotels: $4.2 million from 55 machines in 5 venues
If it was saved instead
Take the $749 lost per resident in a year. Put it into savings a bit each week instead, and it grows to:
- After 5 years
- $4,142
- After 10 years
- $9,201
- After 20 years
- $22,925
That's at an example 4% interest. Check what your own spending could grow to.
How does a machine take this much? Have a go on the see-through pokie. It's a pretend machine that tells you what each spin really was, including the "wins" that pay back less than you bet. Or read how poker machines keep you playing.
Councils ranked close to Nambucca
- Cessnock $824 per resident
- Lake Macquarie $786 per resident
- Waverley $740 per resident
- Upper Hunter $730 per resident
More about living in Nambucca
See the rent people pay in Nambucca and the crime police record there, next to these pokies losses. Living in Nambucca Valley
About these figures
Net losses are what venues kept after paying out wins, over one year (clubs 2024–25, hotels 2024–25). Machine and venue numbers are counts at the end of that year.
Source: © State of New South Wales (Liquor & Gaming NSW), CC BY 4.0.
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