Frankie Atkinson developed an unhealthy relationship with pokies early in her life.
Key points:
- The community support levy (CSL) is a tax on Tasmanian poker machine losses
- The Tasmanian government plans to change the way the CSL is distributed
- There arecalls for all of the levyto be used to fund problem gambling support services
She first fed money into an electronic gaming machine when she was16.
Ms Atkinson’s best friend didn’t treat her very well.
“It made me quite introverted, it got me into drinking, it got me into debt a lot of debt it really did take over,” she said.
“Even when I wasn’t at a poker machine, in my head, in my dreams, in real life, I would hear the sounds, I would se…
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