Hello kitty in Kurashiki, Japan

Hello kitty in Kurashiki, Japan in March 2015

Men playing pachinko in Osaka, Japan

Men playing pachinko in Osaka, Japan in March 2015

Pachinko and Slot gambling sign near the Hakata train station at Fukuoka, Japan

Pachinko and Slot gambling sign near the Hakata train station at Fukuoka, Japan in March 2015

Jackpot time

Responsible gambling sign at an hotel in Braidwood, NSW in September 2013. Think! What are the odds of hitting the jackpot

Betting on horses

Horse racing betting poster in Sydney in June 2013

Wanna bet?

TattsBet shop in Townsville in June 2013. "So you think you know footy? Wanna bet?"

Lotto!

$10 million lotto poster in a newsagent window in Dickson, Canberra in December 2011.

Anything goes!

Sign on a van in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2011. Karaoke, DVDs, gambling, cards and women are all ok!

Street gambling

People gambling on the street in Dala Township outside Yangon, Burma in August 2010

No gambling

Don't gamble in a park in Hong Kong! Photographed in July 2009

Losing odds

Man with an eye catching tee shirt photographed at Chatuchak Market, Bangkok, in October 2008.

The King of broken dreams

A faded card in the dirt in Galiwinku. Gambling is a scourge in this community, with big sums changing hands and many going hungry and without as a result. Photographed in September 2008.