New research shows pokie operators are not nearly as charitable as they claim
- Written by: Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
New research has found that contributions to charitable causes by gambling operators amounted to just 1.5% of total net revenue during a three-year period in Victoria.Dan Peled/AAP
Gambling operators often seek to persuade governments and the public of their virtue by funding “good causes”. Lotteries, for example, have been used to fund...
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