SP said...
Hang on I just checked my d.o.b, I'm an adult I can do what I Fu Ken like be that drink gamble smoke or even drive a bit faster than the sped limit, yes there are consequences and as an adult I can understand them and will deal with them. For god sake.... Gambling drinking smoking... All bad but largest source of revenue for the government and not harmful in moderation... Yes addiction is an Illness and the suffers need help but don't impinge on my rights as an average person...
& that ice smack argument is just a mute point there is a demonstrable health and social effect from these drugs for all parts of the community. Gambling smoking drinking, yes it affect some people in the community but by no means all and the effects and results in the majority of instances of these activities have no effect on anyone other than the participant.
& that pokie card thing is just one person with a bit of power because our voting system has thrown up an anomaly.. Independents in control,therefore one person can use this power to lever Julia into agreeing what they want in return for a vote on something else.. This legislation is not the only one... Look at any of the bills put up by an independent, usually self serving to there beliefs, electorate or just to being re elected.
Introducing the pokie law will mean licensed clubs no longer will be able to contribute to the communities they are in. This means community programs, sporting clubs, knitting clubs and any other community group receiving donation will lose funds and your community will suffer.. Who will replace the funding... Governments. You by donating.....
So the guy defending the betting regime is called SP.. ironic?
Fact is SP gamblers do lie, steal, cheat and fk other's lives up (like mine) to feed their addictions.. just like drug addicts.
Addiction
is the drug. Same for grog, smokes, smack whatever..
If hulking great RSLs with 5 stories of discos/bistros/bimbos can't stand on their own two feet (and put a piddling of their multi-million profits back into the community)
without feeding off addicted gamblers - and lets be honest here that is their gravy train - then they shouldn't exist. Full stop.
The parasitic reliance on clubs/pokey funding has raged out of control for far too long and know no-one knows how to take on the giant blood sucking leach with tentacles in every aspect of govt..
That pokey card thing is an independant
NOT taking lobbyist money/influence, like the majors, and standing up for a belief and a policy he had the balls to stand for and be voted in on.. that's what that is SP.
We are so lucky not to have one-armed bandits in WA. However that is a small victory as anyone with a smart phone is a couple of clicks away from addiction.
Nobody has a problem with a alco/drunk being cut off at the bar or bottle shop. It is law in fact.
Why is the powerful lobby behind the betting industry so against a
voluntary self limiting system etc?? Let alone any non-voluntary protection for addictive gamblers..
I'm sure they want the best thing for their loyal customers after all..[}:)]
Makes me shudder to see the 'humour' in the betting ads saturating the teev. The ads show the addict-like gamblers tapping away convulsively on anything in the vicinity or going to ridiculous extremes to get a bet on!
That's the betting companies portaying their own customer base..
Is that not saying anything to anyone else
the ****in things [}:)]
[}:)] 
i love playing black jack,love it,i do know the odds are not in my favour but i have fun
yet i have a mate who designs poker machine programs and in his words.... we use the crap music as you say because old peoples minds are like kids, in the sense that kids like nursery rhymes the old people love the music especially in what seems like a big win but it is just a high tune that makes them feel like it is great and a winner 
i then asked about him about not the oldies..... he laughed... most people that gamble on pokies are from low income areas and are not the brightest.
yet i have some smart rich mates who will do the opposite..go figure
