The Northern Territory government has suspended applications for pokies licences at Alice Springs pubs and hotels for nine months after widespread community backlash.
Hospitality giant Iris Capital has applications in for 60 new pokies to be installed in pubs and hotels across the town, including in multiple venues where there were previously none.
But the government has received almost 700 submissions from residents calling for the Director of Gaming Machines to refuse the applications.
Iris Capital will now have to wait until June 2023 to discover the outcome.
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