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Welcome to the Wesley Mission's Advocacy Resource Hub.
Resource Hub
Gambling harm affects individuals, families and communities at many levels. To support meaningful change, we’ve created a central hub of resources designed to inform, empower and inspire action.
Here, you’ll find helpful materials such as fact sheets, discussion papers, survey results on community attitudes and social media tiles that explain our campaign goals. These resources are for organisations who wants to learn more about gambling harm and take steps to reduce it.
NSW Poker Machine Loss Data Report
NSW families and communities are being hit by a record surge in poker machine losses, with new data showing $2.37 billion lost in the first three months of 2026.
Our gambling reform goals as social media tiles
Our five 2023-2027 gambling reform goals:
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Goal 1
Goal 2
Powering down poker machines between midnight and 10am
Goal 3
A fully-funded, independent state-wide self-exclusion register
Goal 4
Let local communities have a say in local poker machine applications
Goal 5
Publish gambling data venue by venue
Key findings
Finding 1
Two in five know someone harmed by gambling.
42% of NSW adults know a colleague, family member or friend who has been harmed by gambling: 38% by poker machines and 25% by sports or online gambling.
Finding 2
Only one in six trust the government to stand up to the gambling industry.
Just 16% of NSW adults trust the government to stand up to the gambling industry, 50% think the lobby has too much influence on NSW politics and 48% say the state government should have done more on gambling reform before the election.
Finding 3
Gambling reform wins votes and loses almost none.
32% say a party’s position on poker machine reform would be one of the main things or one of several things they consider at the next state election. A party promising to shut poker machines from midnight to 10am makes 52% of NSW adults more likely to vote for it and 7% less likely. The promise gains more than it loses among supporters of every party, from a net +55 among Greens to +37 among One Nation.