In addition to the cash stolen from the safe and the Oregon Lottery video
poker machine, the missing ATM machine contained about $4,000, McCallum said.
Kids can become
poker machine experts years before they are legally allowed to set eyes on a real machine."
Of those, a quarter had lost more than they had intended, and 6 per cent under 18 had played a
poker machine.
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) had anticipated that
poker machine gambling would be one of the last areas to be hit by the recession, but their latest figures indicate a 4.5% decrease compared to 2008 is already evident.
A MAN threw a fire extinguisher through a
poker machine after he lost pounds 750 playing it.
One is the LVF man who was playing a
poker machine on the night the reporter was killed and who police believe tipped off the killers.
A levy on
poker machine gambling provides money for the Community Support Fund, a source of funds for such diverse projects as the new Melbourne aquatic centre at Albert Park ($55.5 million) and the `Turning the Tide' anti-drug campaign (more than $72 million).
Last Saturday, the lawmakers approved a plan that would allow lottery retailers to add a sixth video
poker machine (the limit is now five) and the state's greyhound and horse racing tracks to add up to five more machines apiece, for a maximum of 10 at each racing site.