Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation

Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation

52 mins | Documentary | May 21, 2016

In this ground-breaking expose, industry insiders go on the record to explain how carefully Pokies are programmed for addiction. They’re joined by world-leading neuroscientists, taking you into the lab to reveal how these machines work on the deepest levels of our brains, leading some researchers to call them “electronic morphine”. And, we reveal how successive Australian governments have become the biggest addicts of all. This documentary puts the pokie machine on trial.

Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation

52 mins | Documentary | May 21, 2016

Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation
In this ground-breaking expose, industry insiders go on the record to explain how carefully Pokies are programmed for addiction. They’re joined by world-leading neuroscientists, taking you into the lab to reveal how these machines work on the deepest levels of our brains, leading some researchers to call them “electronic morphine”. And, we reveal how successive Australian governments have become the biggest addicts of all. This documentary puts the pokie machine on trial.
Producers
Original title Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation
Directors Jane Manning
Writers Andrea Lang, Neil Lawrence, Jane Manning

Cast

David Wenham

as Self (Narrator)