Email Wesfarmers
Woolworths and Wesfarmers (Coles) together are the largest owner of poker machines in Australia, with more than 15,000 machines.
Owning such a large share of the industry puts these corporate giants in a powerful position to enact and inspire real change. They can lead Canberra by example and minimise the harm posed by poker machines - starting with those at their own venues.
Can you email Wesfarmers and ask them to implement real reforms in their poker machine venues? Email using our simple tool on the right.
Not sure what to say? Click below to see what will be sent if you leave it blank.
Owning such a large share of the industry puts these corporate giants in a powerful position to enact and inspire real change. They can lead Canberra by example and minimise the harm posed by poker machines - starting with those at their own venues.
Can you email Wesfarmers and ask them to implement real reforms in their poker machine venues? Email using our simple tool on the right.
Not sure what to say? Click below to see what will be sent if you leave it blank.
If you leave the email field blank, this will be automatically sent on your behalf:
Dear Mr Goyder CEO of Wesfarmers,
I'm writing to you because I'm a customer of Coles and therefore have a vested interest in its brand. I just became aware that your company owns electronic poker machine venues, and as of yet has no plan to reform the machines in those venues to make them safer for problem gamblers.
Fortunately, research conducted over the past decade by the Productivity Commission and other independent experts shows that there are available reforms that are not cost prohibitive for your business but that are very effective in preventing problem gambling.
One of these solutions is voluntarily changing your machines so that they don't allow more than $1 bets per spin, and allow maximum losses of $120 per hour. This reform not only prevents problem gamblers from the current dangerous situation where they are able to lose up to $10,000 in an hour, it also does not impact purely recreational poker machine players - 88% of whom never bet more than $1 dollar per spin as it is.
Owning poker machine venues leaves you in a powerful position to enact and inspire real change. You're in a position to lead Canberra and other corporate owners of poker machines by example, and minimise the harm posed by poker machines - starting with your own venues.
Will you step up to do the right thing by your customers by voluntarily reforming your machines so that they're less dangerous to the most vulnerable members of our society?
Kind Regards,
Dear Mr Goyder CEO of Wesfarmers,
I'm writing to you because I'm a customer of Coles and therefore have a vested interest in its brand. I just became aware that your company owns electronic poker machine venues, and as of yet has no plan to reform the machines in those venues to make them safer for problem gamblers.
Fortunately, research conducted over the past decade by the Productivity Commission and other independent experts shows that there are available reforms that are not cost prohibitive for your business but that are very effective in preventing problem gambling.
One of these solutions is voluntarily changing your machines so that they don't allow more than $1 bets per spin, and allow maximum losses of $120 per hour. This reform not only prevents problem gamblers from the current dangerous situation where they are able to lose up to $10,000 in an hour, it also does not impact purely recreational poker machine players - 88% of whom never bet more than $1 dollar per spin as it is.
Owning poker machine venues leaves you in a powerful position to enact and inspire real change. You're in a position to lead Canberra and other corporate owners of poker machines by example, and minimise the harm posed by poker machines - starting with your own venues.
Will you step up to do the right thing by your customers by voluntarily reforming your machines so that they're less dangerous to the most vulnerable members of our society?
Kind Regards,
The Stop the Loss Coalition have produced a series of ads which shine a light on the harm caused by the prolific poker machine problem. Watch the ad below