The hum of a Bondi penthouse air-conditioner mixes with the distant clang of a tram bell on George Street as another Sydney arvo drifts into night. Down at the local RSL, the pokies flash their usual chorus of cherries and sevens, but a new crowd has migrated indoors, laptop balanced on the kitchen bench, fingers dancing across a touchscreen. They are chasing that unmistakable Vegas buzz without booking a flight across the Pacific, and they are finding it in digital pokie machines that look, sound and pay out like the real deal. For a generation raised on mobile betting apps [...]