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I'm delighted about the chance of this even happening. I'm under no illusions, however after the abortive duopoly review of our supermarkets. But this isn't comcom and had a clearer harm to the community, so maybe it'll happen?

God, I'd love to see it revoked entirely, but maybe there'll be some clearer oversight...

The company said it had invested significantly in systems to maintain the highest standards of host responsibility best practice, and prioritised minimising the impacts associated with problem gambling.

As. If.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a quarter of a billion dollars wiped off their market value, clearly some people think it will happen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's temporary though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] flambonkscious 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Now that I'm done ranting, apart from a few (probably quite a lot?) jobs, what value do they provide?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] flambonkscious 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I doubt many tourists go there, surely there's more to do?

Initially I was just thinking about Auckland, but there's others in Queenstown, etc, isn't there? (Tron? I don't like the old joke, but maybe that one's more popular?)

As much as I agree with fleecing rich foreigners (and happily partake in the reverse when in south east Asia), I suspect the bulk of their turnover is from regulars

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

All their advertisements seem to be aimed at the Chinese market.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Expensive parking in the CBD.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A giant hypodermic needle

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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