NSW Labor to adopt tougher pokies stance as Sydney inner west mayor says ‘momentum for real reform unstoppable’

New South Wales Labor is adopting a tougher stance on poker machines, according to The Guardian World. The party's conference is expected to pass a motion committing to remove fifty percent of the state's machines from operation over the next ten years—a response to problem gambling and record industry profits. The push comes from party activists, with a Sydney inner-west mayor saying reform momentum is unstoppable.

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