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The Problem Gambling Foundation says it s time to swap pokie machines for more sustainable methods of community funding.
The new CommUnity initiative, founded by former NZ cricketer John Parker, will allow local businesses to donate a portion of profits back into their community.
Spokesperson Andree Froude says in 2019 almost $1 billion was spent on pokie machines in Aotearoa and only $241 million paid out in grants to community and sports groups. People with gambling problems are contributing between 30 to 60 percent of the amount that is paid out in grants and that s where the system, it s unethical, it s inequitable, and we don t believe it is sustainable, she says.
Alternative sought for gambling grants
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I think it is a desperate attempt by Robertson to try and set up the RBNZ as the people who cop the blame for the shambles that this Government has been making of the housing market for the last three and a half years.
I suspect it will backfire on him (Robertson). Orr is far to smart to allow Robertson to get away with such a transparent attempt to pass the parcel.
Orr is quite likely to take it as an invitation to tell Robertson, publicly, what he thinks will be required to fix the housing situation. Nothing he proposes will be something the the RBNZ can do. Everything will be something that requires fiscal action by Robertson himself. It will be on the basis of If you don t do this it will get worse . What he will suggest is very unlikely to be acceptable to the Government but Orr can then continue in the future to propose that if the Government had only followed our advice…… etc .
Organisations hold onto pokie proceeds
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