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May 2013, CGA's Submission to the Tararua District Council
17 May 13 - The CGA's May 2013 submission to the Tararua District Council Class 4 Gambling Policy can be accessed via the following link. more...
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May 2013, CGA's Submission to the Matamata Piako District Council
15 May 13 - The CGA's May 2013 submission to the Matamata Piako District Council Class 4 Gambling Policy can be accessed via the following link. more...
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Apr 2013, CGA's Submission to the New Plymouth District Council
24 Apr 13 - The CGA's April 2013 submission to the New Plymouth District Council Class 4 Gambling and TAB Venue Policy can be accessed via the following link. more...
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Apr 2013, CGA's Submission to the South Waikato District Council
24 Apr 13 - The CGA's April 2013 submission to the South Waikato District Council in response to proposed changes to the Venue Policy Re Class 4 Gambling can be accessed via the following link. more...
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Mar 2013, CGA's Submission to the Hastings District Council
24 Apr 13 - The CGA's March 2013 submission to the Hastings District Council in response to proposed changes to the Class 4 Gambling Venue Policy can be accessed via the following link. more...
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Feb 2013, CGA's Submission to Auckland City Council
24 Apr 13 - The CGA's February 2013 submission to the Auckland City Council in response to proposed Venue Policy Re Class 4 Gambling can be accessed via the following link. more...
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Feb 2013, CGA's Submission to Ruapehu District Council
24 Apr 13 - The CGA's February 2013 submission to the Ruapehu District Council in response to their Gambling Venue Policy re Class 4 can be accessed via the following link. more...
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Feb 2013, CGA's Submission to Southland District Council
24 Apr 13 - The CGA's February 2013 submission to the Southland District Council in response to their Class 4 Gambling and TAB Venue Policy can be accessed via the following link. more...
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Feb 2013, CGA's Submission to the Palmerston North City Council
24 Apr 13 - The CGA's February 2013 submission to the Palmerston North City Council in response to their Class 4 Gambling and TAB Venue Policy can be accessed via the following link. more...
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CGA's Executive Director, Brian Corbett, responds to New Zealand Herald’s 21 March article “Pokies main cause of problem gambling misery”.
22 Mar 13 - 1. Class 4 gaming trusts fund community clubs, associations and projects in every town and district in New Zealand with grants totalling around $350 million per year.2. Without that funding thousands more...
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Gaming at Cross Roads says Brian Corbett
15 Mar 13 - Auckland Council has now closed its submission acceptance dates for their proposed gambling venue policies. This has resulted in a raft of submissions from interested groups with three main planks fo more...
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Dunedin City Council’s Gambling and TAB Venue Policy Review
07 Mar 13 - DUNEDIN residents will be consulted on whether the number of gambling venues and pokies in the city should be capped at the existing level.
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Misinformation surrounding the Flavell Bill is still being circulated by anti gaming interests/ the Problem Gambling Foundation and the Greens Party spokesperson, Denise Roche, states CGA’s Executive Director.
11 Jul 12 - The Gaming Industry has never suggested it is averse to change, in fact the majority of operators would welcome the opportunity to revisit the Gambling Bill of 2003 as the appropriate medium to allow more...
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Gaming associations around the country continue to shake their heads at the lack of understanding some sectors of the media and indeed MP’s continue to demonstrate, says Brian Corbett
13 Jun 12 - The latest gaffe is from Greens MP Denise Roche who is stating that, quote“Greens gambling spokeswoman Denise Roche said trusts running in Waikato returned just over 40 per cent of the $53m lost annua more...
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The same inaccurate comments still plague Class 4 gaming says Brian Corbett Executive Director CGA.
14 Mar 12 - Recent comments attributed to the PM shows that spurious information regarding the prevalence for non Casino gaming being responsible for an increase in problem gambling and a more likely environment more...
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Christchurch City Council has demonstrated again that common sense is sadly missing says Brian Corbett, Executive Director of CGA.
08 Mar 12 - The community at large including the gaming industry was invited to make submission regarding the relocation of licensed premises and the attendant gaming operation as a result of the catastrophic ear more...
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Flavells Bill continues to demonstrate the lack of understand some MP’s have regarding Class 4Gaming says Brian Corbett, Executive Director of CGA.
08 Mar 12 - In the preamble to the Gambling Harm Amendment Bill put forward by Flavell, he states that Maori and Pacific Island community groups are targeted by operators. This is both mischievous and ill informe more...
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Flavell’s Bill is badly flawed says Community Gaming Association
03 Nov 10 - The Gambling (Gambling Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill will do virtually nothing to reduce harm from gambling at a huge cost to the taxpayer and the community the Chairman of the Community Gaming Assoc more...
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Pokie thief jailed
19 Aug 10 - A former North Shore bar owner was jailed for 21 months when he appeared for sentence in the Oamaru District Court yesterday over the loss of almost $120,000 of pokie money.
Shane Norton, 47, now l more...
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Culture change in the Class 4 gambling sector
11 Aug 10 - By John Burke, Chairman, Community Gaming Association
Published in GamingNZ August 2010 edition
At a special Conference held in May the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon Nathan Guy, gave the Class more...
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Dodgy tactics revealed in anti-pokies submissions
15 Jun 10 - The credibility of a campaign to stop more pokie machines being allowed in Porirua has been tarnished by trickery employed during a public submission process, says an article published in the Kapi-Man more...
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Infinity Foundation accepts DIA licence condition
03 Jun 10 - The Directors of Infinity Foundation, have now withdrawn their appeal and unanimously agreed to accept the licence condition unilaterally imposed by the DIA in November 09.
Infinity Foundation had more...
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Ban on harness racing club grants confirmed
28 May 10 - Gaming machine societies Lion and Perry Foundations have now decided not to contest an Internal Affairs Department decision which prevents them from granting pokie funds to four northern harness racin more...
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Luddite wreckers threaten legal gaming machines
27 May 10 - The threats to wreck gaming machines with hammers have to be taken seriously by Police the Chairman of the Community Gaming Association, John Burke, said today.
“Class 4 gambling operators have tho more...
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Increase in GST means less available for community
21 May 10 - The Government’s decision to increase GST to 15% will mean there is less money available to community groups from the proceeds of gambling. The Government’s share of the gambling pie will now be bigg more...
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NZ Herald story -"Pokie trust paid trustee $500k to sign new venues"
06 May 10 - A pokie trust has been hit with the biggest penalty imposed on the gambling industry for paying more than $500,000 to one of its trustees to sign up new pokie venues.
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DIA Media release - Pokie operators to suspend business
05 May 10 - Gaming machine societies in more than 1100 pubs across the country have been told clearly by the Gambling Commission they cannot use pokie money to compete with one another for desirable venues or for more...
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GTA rolls out new technology approach to giving problem gamblers control
08 Feb 10 - The Gaming Technologies Association has proposed a new technology to help problem gamblers exert control over their gambling behaviour.
Called "Test Every Play" the system identifies risky behaviou more...
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Sympathy but no get out of gaol free card
14 Jan 10 - “While we feel great sympathy for her family and especially for the workmates and the company she brought to its knees we can only be frustrated at the actions of the Hastings woman who stole $500,000 more...
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DIA criticism off target
12 Jan 10 - “Recent criticism by the Department of Internal Affairs about the activities of some of the organisations which operate gaming machines for community fundraising ignores the role the department has pl more...
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Big not always better
21 Dec 09 - Recent revelations about the behaviour and activities of some of the biggest Class 4 gambling trusts proves the point that big is not always better the Chairman of the Community Gaming Association, Jo more...
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Under-fire trusts agree to merge operations - NZ Herald
18 Nov 09 - The New Zealand Herald says that two of the three pokie trusts targeted by regulators last week for alleged relationships with the trotting industry have agreed to merge, creating the country's bigges more...
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Lion and Perry Foundations to Merge
18 Nov 09 - Increased funding for New Zealand’s community groups will result from the merger of two of the country’s leading charitable trusts – according to The Lion Foundation and Perry Foundation.As of 1 Janua more...
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Communities and funding continue to suffer from decline in revenue
14 Oct 09 - The pattern of lower revenue for community projects continues with the announcement by the DIA today of the results for the September quarter.“While they show a slight increase (about 2%) over the Jun more...
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Sport can still receive gaming society funding
24 Sep 09 - Gaming machine funding can still go to sport, says Minister of Internal Affairs Nathan Guy and Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector Tariana Turia. Some smaller gaming machine societies have more...
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CGA changes name and appoints new Chairman
24 Sep 09 - The CGA has changed its name to Community Gaming Association (Inc) to better reflect the role of members in the communities where they operate.The Association’s Board also elected a new Chairman yeste more...
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Change law to reflect sport - NZ Herald editorial
22 Sep 09 - Under threat: Charity grants for local sportSaturday sport is such a Kiwi institution that few if any of us bother to question its benefits. There is something wholesome about getting out to play at t more...
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Gaming Trusts make massive contribution to the community
21 Sep 09 - Once again the Problem Gambling Foundation doesn’t let the facts get in the way of some malicious mud-slinging, the Chief Executive of the Charity Gaming Association, Francis Wevers said today. Gaming more...
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PGF gilds the lily - again
11 Sep 09 - The latest Ministry of Health research, from 2007, found there were 13,100 problem gamblers in the entire adult population in New Zealand (0.4%) a far cry from the numbers being touted by Tony Milne o more...
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Gambling Commission sets the rules on financial viability
07 Sep 09 - The Gambling Commission's decison on the appeal against a refusal from the Secretary of Internal Affairs to renew the Kiwi Community Trust Class 4 operator's licence has defined financial viability - more...
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Proposed new gambling venue policy amends sinking lid
02 Sep 09 - A new draft gambling venue policy proposes Auckland City Council adjusts its sinking lid approach with no exceptions to an option that retains the sinking lid but allows some relocations in certain ci more...
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CGA responds to Christchurch Press Editorial
13 Aug 09 - SirUnfortunately the editorial published on Tuesday makes the same mistake made by so many other commentators when lamenting what is perceived to be wrong with the distribution of community grant mone more...
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Pokie venues shut down
05 Aug 09 - Five Eureka Trust gaming machine venues have been directed to suspend their gaming machine operations for two and three days for breaching the Gambling Act 2003. The Gambling Commission rejected Eurek more...
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Charity funds down despite minor seasonal adjustment
14 Jul 09 - Communities will continue to be buffeted by the decline in funding available from operators of gaming machines in hotels and other public venues the Chairman of the Charity Gaming Association, Hon Pau more...
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New Minister sets out his views on gambling issues
26 Jun 09 - The new Internal Affairs Minister, The Hon Nathan Guy, has told the NZ Licensing Trusts Association he supports the DIA's approach to eliminate rorts, increase returns to the community and ensure grea more...
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NZ Herald reports $500,000 less for gambling help
26 May 09 - The NZ Herald has reported that gambling treatment services are facing their first funding cut since the liberalisation of gambling almost 20 years ago.It says the two main services, the Problem Gambl more...
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Gambling and crime study suffers from small sample size
25 May 09 - The AUT study on the links between gambling and crime is hindered by the small sample size the Chief Executive of the Charity Gaming Association, Francis Wevers said today."The authors recognise more...
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Gamblers committing more crime than previously thought, study finds
25 May 09 - The relationship between gambling and criminal activity is better understood following a research project, jointly conducted by AUT University and the University of Auckland. The study is the first of more...
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CGA responds to Salvation Army hypocrisy
08 May 09 - Letter to the EditorEastern CourierThe good work of the Salvation Army and its Oasis Treatment Centre for people with addictions is matched only by its hypocrisy when it says it doesn’t take funding f more...
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CGA responds to PGF mistruths
08 May 09 - 26 March 2009The EditorManukau CourierMadamThis morning you featured a story about problem gambling which extensively quoted Jenny Curry from the Problem Gambling Foundation.There’s only a couple of p more...
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Honouring the social contract on gambling
24 Apr 09 - by Rt Hon Paul East, Chairman, Charity Gaming AssociationIt’s too easy to look at a small corner and lose sight of the whole picture – as the Dompost’s editorial on gaming machines did on Thursday 23 more...
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Gambling revenues continue to dip on back of economic decline
22 Apr 09 - The reported decline in revenues from Class 4 gambling confirms the trend which has been evident since the start of the global economic crisis the Chairman of the Charity Gaming Association, Rt Hon Pa more...
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Pokies expenditure down nearly 10% since peak – down 20% when inflation adjusted
17 Feb 09 - Figures released by the DIA show that expenditure on non-casino gaming machines has dropped $97 million (9.4%) since the peak recorded in June 2004 the Chairman of the Charity Gaming Association, Rt H more...
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Massey research may be at odds with previous conventional wisdom about extent of problem gambling impacts
23 Dec 08 - The recently reported assessment by Massey University of the social impacts of gambling may raise some important questions about existing conventional wisdoms the Chief Executive of the Charity Gaming more...
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Caversham application fails
16 Dec 08 - The Gambling Commission has rejected Caversham Foundation’s claim that the Secretary for Internal Affairs failed to act in good faith, or engaged in procedural misconduct, in deciding not to renew Cav more...
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Gambling addiction - letter to Western Leader
12 Dec 08 - The EditorWestern LeaderPO Box 21167HendersonAucklandDear SirIn feeling sympathy for Gregory Shepherd’s addiction to gambling it is important to remember that as drinkers choose to drink so gamblers c more...
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Problem Gambling Foundation stretches science to justify irresponsible link to death of baby Nia Glassie
12 Dec 08 - In recent days the Problem Gambling Foundation has referred to a “recent” overseas study to justify its assertion that the Nia Glassie death is somehow linked to problem gambling – because her mother more...
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CGA prepares briefing for incoming Minister
10 Dec 08 - The CGA has prepared a briefing paper for incoming Internal Affairs Minister, Hon Dr Richard Worth.The paper describes the Class 4 gambling sector and outlines the key issues identified by the CGA: pa more...
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CGA welcomes North Shore vote for balance
25 Nov 08 - The CGA welcomes the decision of the North Shore City Council to reject a proposed sinking lid on gaming machines and venues.“The sinking lid would inevitably have reduced community funding on the Nor more...
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Advisory Note to Editors - Issues with reporting anonymous claims from gambling addicts
24 Oct 08 - From Charity Gaming Association (Inc) In the New Zealand Herald of 23 October, its 2008 Qantas award winning journalist, Simon Collins, reported the claims of a self-confessed “pathological gambler” w more...
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Pokie spend tracking down
24 Oct 08 - Gaming machine expenditure in pubs and clubs has declined over 12 months, according to figures released today by the Department of Internal Affairs. Total annual expenditure for the year to 30 Septemb more...
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Problem gamblers waiting too long to seek help, AUT study finds
08 Oct 08 - A two year project by AUT researchers on behalf of the Ministry of Health has found the main motivation for gamblers to seek professional help is a crisis event most likely involving financial loss or more...
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Publican fined for providing credit to gambler
29 Aug 08 - A Kaiapoi publican has become the first person to be convicted under the Gambling Act 2003 for providing credit to a gambler. In the Christchurch District Court, Stewart (Stu) Ross Turner, 46, of Redc more...
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UCOL training will help combat problem gambling
15 Aug 08 - UCOL is offering the country’s first qualification in problem gambling awareness, in partnership with the Hospitality Standards Association.The six week certificate course, available on line, is desig more...
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Manukau committee opposes ATMs in licensed premises with gaming machines
08 Aug 08 - Manukau City says it doesn’t need ATMs in licensed premises that have gaming machines and opposition to any such moves will be signalled to the Minister of Internal Affairs.Councillor Dick Quax, Safe more...
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CGA survey of Territorial Authority gambling venue policies
05 Aug 08 - CGA has completed an extensive survey of the outcomes of reviews of their gambling venue policies by Territorial Authorities.
The survey reflects concerns at the local level that the proceeds of ga more...
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CGA adopts strategy for future
08 Jul 08 - The CGA has adopted a stragey focused on the future of the Class 4 gambling sector entitled: Integrated Business Sustainability and Responsible Gambling Strategy 2008-2014.
The strategic vision and more...
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Research shows gambling money going where it’s needed
05 Jun 08 - Grant money from gaming machines is providing disproportionately greater benefits to children from medium to low decile schools and from lower income families, the Chairman of the Charity Gaming Assoc more...
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Joint initiative to help problem gamblers in the deep south
23 Apr 08 - A small initiative with a potentially big impact in support of the problem gambler has come to fruition. ILT Foundation’s Manager, Ann Eustace, and Ngā Kete Mātauranga Pounamu Trust Problem more...
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Pokie operators must heed the community
05 Mar 08 - Internal Affairs Minister, Rick Barker yesterday warned gaming machine operators they must listen to community concerns about the way funds are distributed.Opening the New Zealand Gaming Expo in Auckl more...
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Problem Gambling Foundation called to account
03 Mar 08 - National's Internal Affairs spokeswoman, Sandra Goudie, is calling on Labour to disclose what happened to more than $400,000 paid to the Problem Gambling Foundation for staff it never hired."I ha more...
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Nelson barman convicted
06 Feb 08 - A 39-year-old Nelson barman has today been sentenced to six months home detention, and ordered to pay $77,000 reparations for theft and failing to bank gaming machine profits.
Damian Richards plead more...
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Christchurch bar loses pokie licence
21 Dec 07 - A Christchurch bar has to close its gaming machine operation after the Gambling Commission today upheld an Internal Affairs Department decision to cancel the venue licence for repeatedly failing to ba more...
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Pokie operator loses licence
20 Dec 07 - The Bay Foundation of Paihia has lost its licence to operate gaming machines under the Gambling Act 2003.The Department of Internal Affairs declined to renew the licence after identifying several fail more...
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Small communities victims of revenue success
18 Dec 07 - The increase in revenue from non-casino gaming machines is a success story which masks the negative impacts of changes in the number of venues and machines in provincial and rural communities the Chie more...
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Gambling spend increased in 2006/07 year
18 Dec 07 - Statistics released today show New Zealanders’ gambling spend is rising.Releasing the annual gambling expenditure figures, the Department of Internal Affairs Gambling Policy Manager, John Markland, sa more...
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AGMMA launches “Responsible Gaming Machine Play” leaflet
14 Nov 07 - The Australasian Gaming Machine Manufacturers Association (“AGMMA”) today launched its new "Responsible Gaming Machine Play” leaflet, providing free, independent and accurate information about ga more...
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Clubs and hotels should be treated the same
14 Nov 07 - Clubs and Hotels should operate with the same limitations under the Gambling Act, says Bruce Robertson, Chief Executive of the Hospitality Association.Presenting to the Government Administration Selec more...
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Pokie money to be repaid
06 Nov 07 - A 49-year-old Taumarunui company director has been ordered to repay almost $44,000 to a gaming machine society after falsely claiming for work carried out at the Taumarunui Alpine Inn.Judge Merelina B more...
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Community fund raising on a steady increase
01 Nov 07 - The latest data generated by the Government’s electronic monitoring system shows that community fund raising by charitable gaming trusts increased by 2.5% during the third quarter of 2007.The CGA’s me more...
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More gaming machine money to the community
11 Oct 07 - The social and community services sector received a much larger share of gaming machine money in 2005 than in 2000 while sport and physical activities’ proportion dropped. But sport and physical activ more...
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DIA survey shows charity gaming sector responds effectively to community needs
11 Oct 07 - “The DIA survey Where Do Gaming Machine Profits Go? is a great vindication of the fundamental objectives of the Gambling Act 2003,” the Chairman of the Charity Gaming Association, Rt Hon Paul East QC, more...
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Charities Commission gives advice on registration
03 Oct 07 - The Charities Commission has advised CGA it believes many Class 4 gaming societies may not wish to register as charities under the Charities Act.This is because the breadth and scope of some grants ma more...
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Gambling Commission decides in favour of TST in liquor licence case
11 Sep 07 - The Gambling Commission has granted the Southern Trust appeal against the decision of the Secretary of Internal Affairs to refuse to grant a venue licence because no relevant liquor licence accompanie more...
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PGF claims wide support for gambling reform following first reading debate of Amendment Bill
23 Aug 07 - Politicians across the political spectrum are showing an appetite for reform of the Gambling Act according to the Problem Gambling Foundation.Minister of Internal Affairs Rick Barker indicated it was more...
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Committee will call for submissions next week
23 Aug 07 - The Government Administration Committee will call for submissions on the Gambling Act Amendment Bill when it meets on Wednesday 29 August according to a Parliamentary source.It is anticipated the comm more...
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Dr Pita Sharples Speech: Gambling Amendment Bill
23 Aug 07 - I’d like to take a call on this Bill, as someone who indulges in the odd game of Black Jack, pontoon, or craps.However I do want to highlight the danger of problem gambling.The ‘biggest-ever sales pro more...
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DIA shuts down Dunedin venue for licence breaches
16 Aug 07 - A Dunedin bar has been forced to shut its pokie machines for five days because it failed to assist a problem gambler and breached other licence conditions. The Fever Club, formerly Champions Bar, in G more...
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Charitable gaming trusts put their money where their mouth is in Rotorua
08 Aug 07 - “In the 2005/2006 year Charity Gaming Association members returned $6.6 million by way of grants and a further $3.03 million in payments to local businesses from the proceeds of gaming machines operat more...
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Gambling Amendment Bill introduced
06 Aug 07 - Legislation introduced today will ensure that the Gambling Act operates as intended, Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker said.The Gambling Act is large and complex and as is common with new legislat more...
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Guilty plea the only option
03 Aug 07 - The Department of Internal Affairs says former New Zealand Rugby League chairman, Graham Carden had little choice but to plead guilty when he saw the evidence gathered against him in a two-year invest more...
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Spending on pokies up
01 Aug 07 - The first set of figures from the government’s electronic monitoring of gambling machines in 1600 pubs and clubs around the country indicates that spending on pokies has increased by just under five p more...
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Electronic monitoring repays multi million investment – maybe
01 Aug 07 - The real outcome of the multi-million dollar investment in electronic monitoring for non-casino gaming machines will only be known after another twelve months the Chairman of the Charity Gaming Associ more...
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Gambling Statistics “Incredible” - Unintended Consequence of Smoke-Free Law?
13 Jul 07 - AUT University Professor Max Abbott said today that the recently released Ministry of Health report ‘Problem Gambling Intervention Services in New Zealand: 2006 Service-User Statistics’ contains some more...
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Numbers of problem gamblers seeking help falls again
12 Jul 07 - For the third year in a row Ministry of Health statistics show that the number of people seeking help for gambling problems has fallen.“This is great news and shows that the changes introduced by the more...
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Government decision on levy takes money away from community groups
18 May 07 - The Government’s decision to increase the problem gambling levy on charitable gaming trusts by more than 53% is a direct hit on the amount of money available for struggling and worthy community groups more...
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Charitable gaming sector happy to stand on its record
14 May 07 - The licensed fund raising organizations which use gaming machines to generate money for community grants distributed nearly $300 million dollars to deserving community groups last year the Chairman of more...
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Gambling Commission decision calls for a policy re-think by DIA - CGA analysis
12 Apr 07 - The decision by the Gambling Commission in the Lion Foundation appeal against a licence condition imposed by the Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs is a strong vindication for the CGA’s o more...
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CGA Analysis of Gambling Commission decision GC03/07
12 Apr 07 - Lion Foundation successfully appealed a licence condition which tried to prevent gambling in a dedicated smoking area at a Wellington venue. Lion and the venue operators had positioned five EGMs so pa more...
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Gambling Helpline workload slides again
26 Mar 07 - Statistics released by the Gambling Helpline today show the number of new clients contacting the Gambling Helpline was slightly down for the 2006 year - from 2,872 new clients in 2005 to 2,651 new cli more...
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Peter Dunne gets a bite from anti-gambling activist
21 Mar 07 - A recent speech by United Future leader Peter Dunne MP claiming that there is no evidence linking gambling addiction problems to pokie machines has been described as “unadulterated rubbish” by a gambl more...
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Problem gambling providers to be more effective, efficient - O'Connor
21 Mar 07 - Contracts have been cancelled and changed, and money will be recouped from underdelivering problem gambling providers, Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor said today.The actions result from a re more...
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Key Findings from the 2005/06 problem gambling service contract audits
21 Mar 07 - Between August and December 2006 the Ministry of Health undertook a routine audit of all problem gambling service providers (interventionand public health). These audits are part of a programme of con more...
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Audits key to quality improvement in problem gambling services
21 Mar 07 - A quality improvement programme for problem gambling services means they are well placed to manage additional demand likely from an awareness raising campaign planned to begin later this month. The qu more...
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Minister calls on Class 4 gambling sector to secure its future
05 Mar 07 - Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker set out his expectations for the Class 4 gambling sector to engage with the wider community more effectively at a joint CGA Simpson Grierson seminar late February more...
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RSA fined for illegal gambling
02 Mar 07 - Newmarket RSA has been fined $9500 plus $630 costs for conducting illegal gambling.Department of Internal Affairs prosecutor, Mark Woolford, told Judge Lindsay Moore in the Auckland District Court (Fe more...
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Excessive payments for gambling treatment come to an end
28 Feb 07 - Dominion Post writer Anna Chalmers says millions in funding could be slashed from problem gambling services after a report found existing treatment costs were "excessive". Chalmers writes th more...
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Auditor-General slams Internal Affairs over gaming says National Party MP
28 Feb 07 - Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker must act now to address the criticisms of his department over its failure to effectively control the operation of non-casino gaming machines, says National Party more...
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Slippery process surrounds problem gambling rort
21 Feb 07 - National MP Sandra Goudie says Labour is frantically racing to cover up serious long-term issues within problem gambling providers.“Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars have been poured into serv more...
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Horse racing is an authorised purpose for grants from gaming machines profits
14 Feb 07 - Recent attempts by the Problem Gambling Foundation to blacken the reputation of the charitable gaming sector by attacking grants to racing clubs are misguided, the Chairman of the Charity Gaming Assoc more...
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Problem Gambling Foundation forgets where its own funding comes from
09 Feb 07 - The Problem Gambling Foundation looks like the pot calling the kettle black when it casts aspersions at community groups who receive community grant funding from charitable gaming trusts the Chairman more...
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Gambling spending drops in 2005/06 year
08 Dec 06 - Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker released statistics for 2005/06 today that show New Zealanders’ gambling spending has fallen below $2 billion.
Spending on the main forms of gambling fell by more...
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Minister buys time to clean up bad news report on gambling
07 Dec 06 - National Party Internal Affairs spokeswoman Sandra Goudie says Damien O'Connor should drop the cynical delaying tactics he's employing to limit scrutiny of a damning report on the provision of problem more...
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Analysis of Gambling Commission Report to Ministers
06 Dec 06 - Headlines• Proposed levy amount to be paid by CGA members reduced by 13 cents per $100 from $1.76 to $1.63 (current levy $1.11)• Both NZ Racing Board and Lotteries Commission to pay more• Levy apporti more...
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Gambling Commission releases report on Problem Gambling Levy
05 Dec 06 - The Gambling Commission report is available from the link below.http://www.gamblingcom.govt.nz/GCwebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Reports-Publications-Proposed-Problem-Gambling-Levy-(December-2006)!OpenDocument more...
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MOH acknowledges problems and moves to consolidate Problem Gambling treatment services
28 Nov 06 - The Ministry of Health is moving to consolidate problem gambling services after a downturn in problem gamblers seeking help. Deputy Director-General Mental Health Dr Janice Wilson says that under usua more...
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Former gaming venue operator jailed
18 Nov 06 - A former gaming venue operator has been jailed after the Department of Internal Affairs prosecuted him for theft and other offences involving over $138,000. Judge Josephine Bouchier, in the Auckland D more...
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Problem gambling report must be made public
02 Nov 06 - National Party Internal Affairs spokeswoman Sandra Goudie says Damien O’Connor must release in full the Health Ministry’s report into the overpayment of groups dealing with problem gamblers.“Potential more...
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MOH handling of problem gambling still an issue in Parliament
25 Oct 06 - Gambling—Problem-gambling Service Providers12. SANDRA GOUDIE (National—Coromandel) to the Associate Minister of Health: Is he satisfied with the Ministry of Health’s contracting and monitoring of prob more...
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Delivering problem gambling treatment interventions service to many
20 Oct 06 - In a press release issued today Te Rapuora says it has been delivering a gambling intervention service to significant numbers of people in Marlborough since October 2005 and "we have the statisti more...
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Problem gambling treatment providers hunt for a reason to keep going
20 Oct 06 - Both the NZ Herald and the Dominion Post carry coverage of the fuss surrounding payments to problem gambling treatment providers.Under a headline Government's $500,000 to treat 34 problem gamblers the more...
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Transcript of Parliament - O'Connor questioned by Goudie about problem gambling
19 Oct 06 - (uncorrected transcript—subject to correction and further editing)Gambling—Problem-Gambling Service Providers10. SANDRA GOUDIE (National—Coromandel) to the Associate Minister of Health: Is he satisfie more...
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National MP calls in Auditor-General over problem gambling contracts
19 Oct 06 - National MP Sandra Goudie has called on the Auditor-General to investigate massive overpayments by the Ministry of Health to problem gambling intervention service providers.
Goudie, who is the Nati more...
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Strong message to gambling operators
18 Oct 06 - The Gambling Commission’s decision to suspend Dunedin Casino’s licence for failing to take adequate action over a problem gambler sends a strong message to gambling operators, the Department of Intern more...
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MOH mis-spending levy money?
13 Oct 06 - Figures released by the Minister of Health seem to disclose a lolly scramble for some problem gambling intervention treatment providers says the Chairman of the Charity Gaming Association, the Rt Hon more...
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