Study of game’s effects sought
PA Wellington Low-income earners, including beneficiaries and pensioners, could end up F spending their money on Lotto instead of necessaries, the Opposition’s spokesman on justice, Mr Paul East, has said. Calling for a detailed study of Lotto’s social consequences, he said that while no-one was forced to participate in Lotto, experience with Housie showed that the less-af-fluent were more likely to take part in such forms of gambling. "In some cases this will mean families will reduce spending on food, clothing and other necessaries in order to spend those funds on Lotto.” It would be irresponsible of the Government to press ahead and introduce Lotto without an investigation. Mr East said it appeared unlikely that Labour would have a social conscience about introducing another form of gambling. The Labour Party was one of the biggest Housie operators in New Zealand, and for years it had raised a considerable part
of its funds through a network of housie games, he said.
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Press, 29 January 1986, Page 41
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