Another $10B in pokies losses for players and $10B in profits for clubs, pubs and government – another year rolls by. Michael West reports on NSW’s forgotten but epic gambling scourge.
Money can’t buy you love, they say; but in NSW pokies money can buy you a lot of affection from governments. And protection. It is often said that clubs in NSW – you know your friendly RSL, leagues or bowlo club – represent the biggest gambling sector in the biggest gambling province in the biggest gambling nation in the world.
Pokies. The Beatles were wrong, enough money can buy you love
by Michael West