Saturday, March 21, 2015

Greens want to limit poker machines in poor suburbs

The Greens are pushing for a reduction in the number of poker machines clubs can have on site. Photo: Josh Robenstone Clubs should be banned from transferring poker machine licences to prevent large premises concentrating pokies in low socio-economic suburbs, reportedly the NSW Greens. Greens upper house MP John Kaye wants a “sinking lid”, starting at 500 poker machine licences per club, yet reducing to 200 over 20 years, to … Read the rest

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