‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: Funding grants coming from pokies in low socio-economic areas – Stuff.co.nz
GEORGE HEARD/STUFF A sign in central Christchurch puts a positive spin on the revenues raised – or lost, depending on your perspective – from gaming machines. Millions of dollars each year are flowing from some of the poorest communities in Christchurch into the hands of clubs and charities via pokies scattered around the city. A case…