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Comment: Gambling takes from those with the least to lose
OPINION: New Zealanders lost $2.6 billon last year on gambling - it's a growth industry.

Will the Government cut the number of pokies?
Will the Government introduce reforms to cut the number of pokies?

'Devastating impact on families' as $8m lost on pokies in region in a year
Problem Gambling Foundation says harmful gambling affects every aspect of a person's life.

Reputation 'in tatters': Charity worker drained $150,000 from father's account
Judge: 'A significant fall from grace' to feed gambling addiction.

Gambling 'bounce-back': Record pokie spend in 2020
In the three months to December 2020, Kiwis spent $252m on poker machines.

Lotto scraps Six60 scratchies after uproar
Lotto NZ will remove its Six60 scratchies from sale after public backlash.

SkyCity Hamilton loses fight to increase pokie machines; swap out Blackjack tables
The gaming giant lost its fight to swap Blackjack tables for pokie machines.

A decade of Lotto: The biggest winners and the luckiest shops revealed
A decade of Lotto: the biggest winners and the luckiest shops revealed.

Hearing for SkyCity's unprecedented pokie machine application starts Tuesday
SkyCity thinks swapping black jack tables for slot machines is fair, council disagrees.

Kiwis spent $2.4b on gambling last year
Kiwis spent the equivalent of $648 per person on gambling last year.

Fewer Kiwis gambling, but level of harm stays the same
Pokies, Instant Kiwi and online gambling have been blamed for problem gamblers relapsing.

Gambling on a brighter future
The Government is poised to overhaul the $843m pokie machine system.

Problem gambling: Appeal Court backs funding cut
A Government decision to cut funding to New Zealand's biggest problem gambling programme has been backed by the Court of Appeal.

Funding win for Problem Gambling Foundation
The Problem Gambling Foundation has won a challenge against the Ministry of Health, which wanted to cut its funding.

Foundation's death notice was premature
Sixteen months after a Government decision to end most of its contracts, the Problem Gambling Foundation has won a year’s further reprieve.

102 venues. One stopped the 'addict'
It was a sting operation - but Internal Affairs is disappointed just one gambling venue out of 102 stopped their fake addict from gambling.

Foundation takes Ministry of Health to court
The Problem Gambling Foundation will take the Ministry of Health to court to try to overturn a decision.

Gambling service boost for Maori, Pacific
Maori and Pacific problem gambling services have won more money out of a tender which stopped all funding for the country's biggest provider, the Problem Gambling Foundation.