This blog has been set up to set the record straight and counter the misleading claims being made by pokie trusts and casinos about
proposed gambling reforms - including Te Ururoa Flavell's
Gambling Harm Reduction Bill.

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Council's tourism arm gets pokie cash - ATEED - the Auckland Council's standalone tourism, events and economic development body - applied for and received a $40,887 grant from a pokie machine trust to fund education in schools about the Volvo Ocean Race. The council-controlled organisation has been heavily criticised in recent weeks for driving the decision to sponsor V8 Supercar racing at Pukekohe, with more than $10m of ratepayers' money, withholding financial details from councillors, and for giving the elected representatives only 48 hours' notice of a vote on the race. The Auditor-General is investigating.
http://www.theaucklander.co.nz/news/ateed-gets-pokie-cash/1479407/
Calls to increase help for problem gamblers – Newstalk ZB - The pressure's on gambling trusts and venues to take more responsibility in helping problem gamblers. Gaming machines in a Huntly bar will be switched off for two days next week, because a staff member was not trained to deal with problem gamblers. "Self-exclusion is an important part of the process for a problem gambler to help them to manage their gambling. There must be someone on that is trained in harm minimisation and must know how to identify somebody that might be experiencing problems, "says  Internal Affairs' Gambling Compliance Director, Debbie Despard,
Gambling Commission reappointments  - Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain today announced the reappointment of two members of the Gambling Commission - Graeme Reeves as Chief Gambling Commissioner and Paul Stanley as Gambling Commissioner. Both Commissioners' terms are for three years. The Gambling Commission is an independent statutory decision-making body The Commission hears casino licensing applications, and appeals on licensing and enforcement decisions made by the Secretary of Internal Affairs in relation to gaming machines and other non-casino gambling activities.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/gambling-commission-reappointments/5/130088


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