A former deputy premier in the Australian state of New South Wales is under fire for allegedly burying a gambling harm report that took a decidedly dim view of video poker machines (pokies).

In October, NSW Gaming Minister Paul Toole released a gambling harm report by researchers at the University of Sydney, which included a recommendation to eliminate a pokies feature known as “losses disguised as wins,” aka the machines lighting up and playing celebratory music despite the player having won less than the amount wagered.

The report also indicated that pokies players had “elevated Problem Gambling Severity Index scores compared to other products, and report higher frequencies of health-related harms.” Countless studies indicate that only lottery products are more popular than pokies when it comes to Australian gamblers.

The report was submitted to the government in December 2015, but went unreleased for nearly two years, despite the report’s lead author reaching out to the government to express his “frustration” with their foot-dragging.