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Queensland LNP promises to increase pokies cap for clubs with more than two premises
(www.abc.net.au)
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"
???
Also I love the related stories:
Yes, "them" was meant to identify my person. I know without the pokies another addiction probably would have been in its place, it's just I can't help but wonder how many other addictions can lose tens of thousands of dollars in a weekend bender.
It's horrible, but after 12 months of this I sometimes find myself thinking if suicide would have been kinder to the spouse and the rest.
Mostly I wish the mental health route was just easier. Nearly nobody likes to talk about it since it is seen like a failing of the character, not a health issue like a virus. Don't dare say anything at work. The GP simply says "well don't do that then". And friends evaporate at the mention of it. Family are often the cause of it.