The loss equates to $874 for each adult in Moonee Valley, or about $250 more per adult than the state average.

It's also more than $1.5 million higher than the previous financial year's loss of $75,473,013.36.

Moonee Valley is also home to the state's fifth-highest revenue-raising pokies venue with players losing $18,714,501 at Skyways Tavern in Airport West in the past financial year.

To put the figure into perspective, Moonee Valley Council expects to collect $77 million from its entire rate base in 20011-12.

There are 8.46 gaming machines in Moonee Valley for each 1000 adults.

Victorian InterChurch Gambling Taskforce chairman Mark Zirnsak said the results showed it was clear more needed to be done to help problem gamblers.

"It's absolutely alarming that people are losing as much on these machines as they are paying to local government for services.

"It shows the need for further measures to curb problem gambling, such as people being able to set loss limits, a maximum of a dollar being lost per button press and opening hours changing to 10am, with midnight closing.

"The evidence shows it's people with gambling problems who are there late at night and early in the morning."