Australian independent MP Andrew Wilkie has been taking notes when the UK government announced its new policy on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).

ABC News reported that Wilkie called for a more stringent measure against pokies, which he claimed to be preying on the society’s “most vulnerable.” He hope that the Australian government would take a leaf out of the UK’s move to slash the FOBTs maximum stake to £2 (US$2.69).

Wilkie, who had been a staunch enemy of pokies machine operators, lamented that his plea had always fallen on deaf ears, saying that the Australian government continuously turned a blind eye on the problem and repeatedly rejected policies that would rein the gaming machines.

“The Federal Government has it within its power to legislate for $1 maximum bets, as well as other harm minimization measures like mandatory pre-commitment,” Wilkie said, according to the news outlet. “Unfortunately, the Government has shown itself to be thoroughly uninterested when it comes to reining in poker machines.”