Prominent crossbenchers call for Australian lotteries reform [Video]

Prominent cross-benchers are calling for changes to Australian lotteries as the parliament prepares to consider reforms for gambling advertising.

Despite taking a higher proportion of low income family wages, lotteries have been carved out of any future changes.

For decades lotto has been billed as a ticket to dream, but it’s almost never the reality.

“It really is a problem when you are allowed to go into debt – and it is addictive,” Zali Steggall, Independent MP for Warringah, said. 

Steggall wants changes to laws to restrict foreign lotteries and prevent tickets being bought with credit cards.

“I think there is a question about social licence – what is your contribution back to Australian society for what you are sucking out of it,” she said.

A recent Parliamentary report recommended …