I live in NZ and I think our govt is going to follow suit.
However I believe it has nothing to do with problem gambling it’s because nobody plays on the pubs anymore everyone plays online. (Lost revenue to overseas casinos basically). They say they care about problem gamblers but if that were true why do they constantly update the slots in the pubs. More flashy lights and sounds to keep the punter entertained. If they truely cared they would never update the slots and eventually people would get bored of the same game and stop playing pub slots.
Won’t be long and we will be in the ban list