In New Zealand On average, every $2 coin in your pocket has been through a poker machine six times in the past year.
The first data from a new $35 million electronic monitoring system, to be presented at a gambling conference in Auckland today, shows that people sank $2.4 billion into non-casino gambling machines in the past year.
Almost $900 million of this was in $2 coins - which was 6.7 times the total value of $2 coins in circulation. NZHERALD
