Clubs NSW, the peak body for the operators of about 95,000 poker machines across the state, pledges in its mission statement “to support the communities served by its 1,200 member clubs.”
So it is reasonable to ask the lobby group to explain how Dee Why RSL, one of its larger members, was supporting its community in the lead-up to the suicide death of Gary van Duinen last month.
As reported in the Herald on Monday Mr Van Duinen, a builder and father, took his own life after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars and binging for one 13-hour stint playing poker machines at the Northern beaches venue.
The club let Mr Van Duinen keep betting despite desperate and repeated warnings from his wife that his gambling addiction was driving him i…
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