澳大利亚妇女因扑克机损失了 1M 美元,尽管对政府的赌博关系持怀疑态度,但仍支持新的面部识别禁令。
Australian woman lost $1M to poker machines, backs new facial recognition ban despite skepticism over government's gambling ties.
Robyn Lewis是一位60岁的澳大利亚人, 揭露她30年来因扑克机上瘾损失至少100万美元, 每天花费多达300美元,
Robyn Lewis, a 60-year-old Australian, revealed she lost at least $1 million over 30 years to poker machine addiction, spending up to $300 daily and exhausting her welfare payments.
她称这些机器具有高度上瘾性,其设计带有感官触发器,能够利用心理脆弱性,特别是在那些面临孤独或抑郁的人当中。
She described the machines as highly addictive, designed with sensory triggers that exploit psychological vulnerabilities, particularly among those facing loneliness or depression.
尽管过去的自我排斥努力失败,政府正在考虑建立一个全州面部识别排斥登记, 易斯支持这一点, 尽管她对政府与博业的金融联系持怀疑态度.
Despite past self-exclusion efforts failing, the government is considering a statewide facial recognition-based exclusion register, which Lewis supports, though she remains skeptical about real change due to the government’s financial ties to the gambling industry.