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Keep lottery products out of Coles and Safeway / Woolworths |
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Published by Mark Fletcher on Feb 09, 2007
Category: Gaming
Region: Australia
Target: State Government of Victoria
Web site: http://www.towersystems.com.au/fhn_blog/
Background (Preamble):
Newsagents and other small businesses have sold lottery products in Victoria Australia since they first became available.
The State Government of Victoria has a proposal from the Greek gaming company Intralot which could, if accepted, see scratch lottery games move from newsagents and other small businesses to big supermarkets such as Coles, and Safeway / Woolworths.
While this would harm newsagencies and put small business jobs at risk, we feel the bigger harm would be to the community. Such a move would generate even more profit for these big businesses at a cost to small business; people buying food would be tempted to gamble with the weekly household budget; government social payments would be more likely spent on gambling; the current checks and balances in newsagencies would be lost at the supermarket checkout.
The State Government of Victoria has a proposal from the Greek gaming company Intralot which could, if accepted, see scratch lottery games move from newsagents and other small businesses to big supermarkets such as Coles, and Safeway / Woolworths.
While this would harm newsagencies and put small business jobs at risk, we feel the bigger harm would be to the community. Such a move would generate even more profit for these big businesses at a cost to small business; people buying food would be tempted to gamble with the weekly household budget; government social payments would be more likely spent on gambling; the current checks and balances in newsagencies would be lost at the supermarket checkout.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge the State Government of Victoria to ensure that lottery ticket and scratchie games are sold only in independent small businesses in Victoria to protect jobs and to ensure these tickets are sold by well trained staff committed to ensuring responsible gambling and, specifically, not in big supermarkets such as Coles and Safeway / Woolworths.
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