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“Dozens of councils, including Porirua, Wellington, Auckland, Gisborne and Christchurch, have used a sinking lid policy. The concept seems clear in principle: the number of machines gradually decreases, meaning no venue, charity or community group is immediately defunded. Instead, there’s time to adapt. ‘It’s a long-term strategy – we can’t get rid [of pokie machines] overnight,’ says Tamatha Paul, the Green MP representing Wellington Central. She was a Wellington councillor in 2021 when the authority voted to put a sinking lid on pokie machines. ‘We want to minimise the presence of the temptation [to gamble].’ But do fewer machines mean less money gets spent overall – or just that more money goes into the same machines? After all, in spite of the sinking lid, Porirua’s pokies are making more money than ever.”
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Sinking lids and rising profits: The problem with pokies
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