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First please allow this Bulldog a little intrusion into your board. Thanks for giving us Steven King and Joel Corey as assistant coaches. Good blokes and bloody good teachers.
But that’s not why I’m here. I’m a member of the Alliance for Gambling Reform. We’re trying to limit the relentless spread of pokies across our state, which is a constant struggle as even though local councils and the AFL are generally against them, both Labor and the Libs get massive kickbacks from Aristocrat, Hotels Australia and James Packer etc to keep them addicted to that sweet, evil pokie revenue.
I was fascinated by this article in The Age. It’s a fabulous model of club financing. I came here to thank anyone who contributed. It means a lot to this gambling addict and to our organisation. Even if you didn’t contribute with the intention of getting rid of pokies, you did. That’s a wonderful thing.
How many of you did chip in and how did the club make you aware of what they were up to?
For those who don’t know, I ran for the Bulldogs board on an anti-pokies ticket this year and gave a robust speech at the AGM. I didn’t get very far with Pete Gordon & the crew but I hope I got them thinking.
You can read about my journey here:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/a-favour-to-ask.1183726/
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/north-melbourne-proudly-pokie-free.1185118
And here
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...o-give-up-pokie-machines-20180123-h0myfk.html
This is my association’s website:
http://www.pokiesplayyou.org.au/
Thanks all
But that’s not why I’m here. I’m a member of the Alliance for Gambling Reform. We’re trying to limit the relentless spread of pokies across our state, which is a constant struggle as even though local councils and the AFL are generally against them, both Labor and the Libs get massive kickbacks from Aristocrat, Hotels Australia and James Packer etc to keep them addicted to that sweet, evil pokie revenue.
I was fascinated by this article in The Age. It’s a fabulous model of club financing. I came here to thank anyone who contributed. It means a lot to this gambling addict and to our organisation. Even if you didn’t contribute with the intention of getting rid of pokies, you did. That’s a wonderful thing.
How many of you did chip in and how did the club make you aware of what they were up to?
For those who don’t know, I ran for the Bulldogs board on an anti-pokies ticket this year and gave a robust speech at the AGM. I didn’t get very far with Pete Gordon & the crew but I hope I got them thinking.
You can read about my journey here:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/a-favour-to-ask.1183726/
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/north-melbourne-proudly-pokie-free.1185118
And here
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...o-give-up-pokie-machines-20180123-h0myfk.html
This is my association’s website:
http://www.pokiesplayyou.org.au/
Thanks all
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