西澳大利亚活动计划担心问题赌博

　　问题赌徒将为珀斯新富悦大饭店客房支付一部分的价格，澳大利亚最着名的anti-pokies活动家说。

　　赌场运营商克朗星期三的时候宣布，明年它将开始建设拥有500个房间，六星级的皇冠大厦酒店，在其官方网站娱乐中心，部分建立在从西澳大利亚政府以60000000美元购买来的土地上。

　　作为交易的一部分，西澳州政府已决定不反对官方在百事活赌场推出另外500台扑克机和130个游戏桌的申请，这是在未来的5年里洲里唯一一个允许玩扑克的地方。

　　据了解，杰姆斯packer-controlled公司现有牌照2000扑克机在官方网站却只有1500。

　　对于这个计划，独立的参议员尼克色诺芬表示失望。

　　“相当大部分的酒店客房将因为赌博问题而诶罚款，”色诺芬告诉澳洲。

　　“詹姆斯·帕克知道他刚刚被移交会给他几年来的数亿美元的礼物。”

　　伊恩·卡特，安格利福利救济社华首席执行官，说问题赌博可能会给家庭带来破坏性的影响，每年带来的经济损失估计达到5000000000美元。

　　“生产力委员会的报告和一系列其他报告在这个国家已经明确强游戏机和扑克机增加了我们社会的消费，”卡特先生告诉美国广播电台。

　　译文：

　　PROBLEM gamblers will pay part of the price for Perth's new luxury hotel rooms, Australia's best-known anti-pokies campaigner says.

　　Casino operator Crown on Wednesday announced it would start constructing the 500-room, six-star Crown Towers Hotel at its Burswood Entertainment Complex next year, partly built on land to be bought from the West Australian government for $60 million.

　　As part of the deal, the WA government has decided not to oppose Crown's application to the gaming regulator to roll out a further 500 poker machines and 130 gaming tables at the Burswood casino - the only venue in the state where pokies are allowed - over the next five years.

　　It's understood the James Packer-controlled company has an existing licence for 2000 poker machines at Burswood but only operates 1500.

　　Independent senator Nick Xenophon expressed dismay at Crown's plan.

　　"A sizeable chunk of the hotel rooms will be paid for off the backs of problem gambling," Mr Xenophon told AAP.

　　"James Packer knows he has just been handed the gift that will give him hundreds of millions of dollars for years to come."Ian Carter, chief executive of Anglicare WA, said problem gambling could have a devastating impact on families and was estimated to cost the economy about $5 billion per year.

　　"The Productivity Commission report and a whole range of other reports around this country have clearly highlighted the cost to our community of gaming machines and poker machines," Mr Carter told ABC Radio.