Original sentence: 100,000 Australians are problem gamblers and an additional 200,000 are significantly at risk of developing a full-blown addiction", and that the legislation is necessary to "[help] those who sometimes lose up to $1200 an hour on the pokies.According to polling, the Labor government's plans are supported by a clear majority of voters across the spectrum.In exchange for Wilkie's support, the Labor government are legislating for mandatory "pre-commitment" technology which would require persons using high-bet machines to pre-commit how much they are willing to bet on a machine before they begin play, as well as introducing $1 maximum bet per spin machines which would not require pre-commitment, which Wilkie argues would be safer.The Abbott Coalition opposes the plans, with Abbott saying "it is not Liberal Party policy" and it will be "expensive and ineffective".Wilkie and Xenophon argue that "$12 billion a year is lost on the pokies.Wilkie campaigned heavily against poker machines (colloquially "pokies") at the 2010 federal election, and immediately began forging ties with independent anti-pokies Senator Nick Xenophon as soon as it was apparent that he was elected.Wilkie claims that problem gamblers in Australia lose $5 billion each year on pokies