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October 29, 2024
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Government to legalise online casinos – won’t make them give community funding

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undreds of millions of dollars of grants go to community groups every year from gambling, including pokies, Lotto and casinos – but legal online casinos wouldn’t have to, under new government plans. Steve Kilgallon reports.


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