Drew Rooke's guest appearances

Drew Rooke

Talk Radio Europe

Good Reading Podcast

Writing NSW

Robert Wainwright

Stephen Davis

John Hughes

Eva Holland

David Price

Jeremy N Smith

Brian Anderson

Steve Howe

Richard Johnson

David Hill

David Young

Jim Kwik

Mitch Albom

Abby Stein

Alan Donegan

OwlTail

DREW ROOKE – A WITNESS  OF  FACT... with TRE´s Giles Brown

DREW ROOKE – A WITNESS  OF  FACT… with TRE´s Giles Brown

Besides gambling destinations like Macau or Monaco, Australia has the highest amount of poker machines per capita in the world. New South Wales was the second jurisdiction - just behind Nevada in the US - to legalise pokies, and a Sydney manufacturer continues to be at the forefront of pokie machine design and production. Drew Rooke's 'One Last Spin: The power and peril of the pokies' is a shocking investigation into the gambling's industry's power over politicians. It lays out how governments line their pockets with the billions fed to poker machines while gambling addicts' lives fall apart, and how the industry uses NRA-style techniques to block legislation that would help addicts, yet stem their profits.In this podcast, Drew talks about the techniques poker machines use to beguile gamblers, the science of pokie addiction, and how his faith in the government to protect Australia's most vulnerable has been lost.Get the book here: https://bit.ly/2KR6a5ZListen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/good-reading-podcast/id1402922430?mt=2

Besides gambling destinations like Macau or Monaco, Australia has the highest amount of poker machines per capita in the world. New South Wales was the second jurisdiction - just behind Nevada in the US - to legalise pokies, and a Sydney manufacturer continues to be at the forefront of pokie machine design and production. Drew Rooke's 'One Last Spin: The power and peril of the pokies' is a shocking investigation into the gambling's industry's power over politicians. It lays out how governments line their pockets with the billions fed to poker machines while gambling addicts' lives fall apart, and how the industry uses NRA-style techniques to block legislation that would help addicts, yet stem their profits. In this podcast, Drew talks about the techniques poker machines use to beguile gamblers, the science of pokie addiction, and how his faith in the government to protect Australia's most vulnerable has been lost. Get the book here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2KR6a5Z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2KR6a5Z</a> Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/good-reading-podcast/id1402922430?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/good-reading-podcast/id1402922430?mt=2</a>

Australia has pokies the way America has guns: Drew Rooke's investigation into the gambling industry

Writing NSW launched it’s rebrand, new website, and upcoming course program with a night of readings and literary festivities at Lazy Bones on Thursday 7 June 2018.  Drew Rooke read from his book 'One Last Spin' published by Scribe Publications. Find out more about the book here: https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/one-last-spin Drew Rooke is a Sydney-based author and journalist. His work deals primarily with contemporary Australian political and cultural issues, and has appeared in The Saturday Paper, Meanjin, Neighbourhood, and The Sydney Morning Herald. Drew was a finalist in the 2015 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. One Last Spin: the power and peril of the pokies is his first book. Recorded by Zacha Rosen. Image credit: Raphael Stephens

Writing NSW launched it’s rebrand, new website, and upcoming course program with a night of readings and literary festivities at Lazy Bones on Thursday 7 June 2018. Drew Rooke read from his book 'One Last Spin' published by Scribe Publications. Find out more about the book here: <a href="https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/one-last-spin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/one-last-spin</a> Drew Rooke is a Sydney-based author and journalist. His work deals primarily with contemporary Australian political and cultural issues, and has appeared in The Saturday Paper, Meanjin, Neighbourhood, and The Sydney Morning Herald. Drew was a finalist in the 2015 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. One Last Spin: the power and peril of the pokies is his first book. Recorded by Zacha Rosen. Image credit: Raphael Stephens

Drew Rooke — One Last Spin