Dunedin Community Group to Reconsider Possible No-Pokie Funding Policy Due to Financial Struggles

Dunedin Community Group to Reconsider Possible No-Pokie Funding Policy Due to Financial Struggles

A community group in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, may have to reconsider its policy of not taking poker machine funding after facing some difficulties with other fundraising methods. The issue is set to be discussed at the general meeting of the Valley Project which is scheduled for June 19th. The community would have to decide whether to start accepting funding money collected by the gambling machines. The community group has existed in its current form for about a decade, being largely dependent on Government funding for the first…

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Lottoland Starts Legal Action against ACMA Following Probe Findings That Jackpot Betting Violates Local Gambling Laws

Lottoland Starts Legal Action against ACMA Following Probe Findings That Jackpot Betting Violates Local Gambling Laws

Online betting operator Lottoland has started legal action against the Federal Government of Australia after a recent investigation found that the company has breached gambling legislation by offering services which it is not allowed to under the existing laws. The probe commissioned by the federal media watchdog was primarily focused on the jackpot betting product of Lottoland that determines winners by pulling numbers from financial markets at opening time, then arrange it into a longer number and then convert it into the winning numbers. At the time when the Australian…

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