Pokies in the South East – Nina Springle
Every year pokies rips billions of dollars out of the pockets of Victorians. $570 million was lost last year in south-east Melbourne alone. These figures are staggering and don’t even go close to describing the cycle of addiction, poverty, family violence and crime that pokies are causing in our communities.
We have got to stop pokies sucking the life out of our communities. The Victorian Greens have launched a plan to phase out every poker machine in Victorian communities within the next decade. You can read more about it here:https://victoria.greens.org.au/pokies
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