Maroondah城市人均拥有扑克机器数量最多

　　根据最新数据显示，在大都市墨尔本，Maroondah这个城市是人均拥有扑克机数量最多的。

　　从Maroondah2010年11月年度财政数据显示，平均每1000个成年人拥有9.32台机器，这高于全国平均数据6.19和附近的雅拉山脉（3.81台机器）。

　　当地人还自己爆料出，他们比维多利亚的人花更多的继续在老虎机上面。2010年11月maroondah成人平均每人花了831美元，比维多利亚的平均每人613美元要高。

　　赌徒帮助东部社区教育家戴安娜·詹金斯说，不论谁使用他们的服务，经常赌博成瘾，对比在Maroondah赌博如何如何方便而感到愤怒。她说，来这里的人都说这里有太多的机器，还支持仍和举措减少或停止增加扑克机器。

　　詹金斯女士说，Maroondah大量的机器使得赌博者更加难以克服赌博的习惯。

　　“他们都说它太容易接近但是却普遍难摆脱。玩扑克牌的倡导者说，在一个安全的环境下，这种机器就是一种娱乐形式，连妇女都是可以去玩的。这可能是玩赌博却没有被造成伤害的具体例子。案件的人谁赌不造成伤害。”但人们谁使用我们的服务，却能够摆脱赌瘾。他们已经失去了金钱，家庭，有时候有比这些还严重的。

　　ALH公司集团，被伍尔沃斯占有75%，在Maroondah最赚钱的6个吃角子老虎机场地中，它拥有其中三个。

　　曼哈顿饭店，黛西的酒店和车马国有的公司-都是ALH集团所拥有的，是该地区重要的货币决策者。

　　公司集团总经理戴维表示，“ALH集团公司致力成为最负责任的赌博经营者”。

　　译文：

　　THE City of Maroondah has the highest number of poker machines per capita in metropolitan Melbourne, latest figures show.

　　Data from the 2010-11 financial year reveals Maroondah has 9.32 machines for every 1000 adults, higher than the statewide average of 6.19 and the nearby Yarra Ranges （3.81 machines）。

　　Locals also blew more of their savings on pokies than the rest of Victoria, as the average Maroondah adult spent $831 in 2010-11, well up on the Victorian average of $613.

　　Gambler's Help Eastern community educator Diane Jenkins said the people who used their service, often gambling addicts, were angered at how convenient gambling was in Maroondah. "The people who come in here all say there are too many machines and support any move to reduce or stop the increase in pokie machines," she said.

　　Ms Jenkins said the high number of machines in Maroondah made it harder for addicts to overcome gambling habits.

　　"They all say that it's far too accessible and generally hard to get away from. The pokies advocates say the machines are a form of entertainment in a safe environment where women can also go. And that may be the case for people to whom gambling is not causing harm. "But for people who use our service, they're over it. They've lost money, homes and sometimes their families over this."The ALH group, which is 75per cent owned by Woolworths, owns three of the top six most-lucrative pokies venues in Maroondah.

　　The Manhattan Hotel, Daisy's Hotel and the Coach and Horses - owned by ALH - are significant money makers in the area.

　　ALH Group general manager David Curry said ALH "strives to be the most responsible operator of gambling".