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Queensland LNP promises to increase pokies cap for clubs with more than two premises (www.abc.net.au)

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In short:

Queensland's LNP opposition wants to increase the cap on poker machines that can operate at clubs with more than two premises.

The gaming machine cap for a club licensee with three or more sites is 500, but the LNP wants to lift that to 700.

What's next?

The LNP is taking the policy to the looming October state election, arguing that the proposal would benefit smaller clubs facing closure.

... Don't these statements contradict each other?

-> Applies only to businesses with more than two premises

-> benefits "smaller clubs"

???

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Good soundtrack while you read the article:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4nJOQA3ZP3M

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Lewis_(bassist)

Andrew Joseph Lewis (16 June 1966 – 12 February 2000) was the original bassist of Australian band The Whitlams.

He battled a gambling addiction and committed suicide in February 2000, aged 33, after losing an entire week's pay in a poker machine.

"Blow Up the Pokies", co-written by Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) not long before Lewis' death, is a comment on the destruction that Freedman saw in Lewis' life because of his gambling. It was awaiting release as a single at the time.