This video was created to support the campaign to make pokie places kid free.
In Australia, slot machines are called 'pokies'. Here we have pokie places well integrated into our suburbs; particularly in the poorer areas. Many are even in malls opposite the place where kids line up for the movies. Imagine Applebee's but with slot machines.
Australia's largest pokie operator is also our largest retailer. Imagine Wal-Mart, Best Buy and the largest supermarket chain all combined into one company. Professional sporting bodies receive government tax relief for their pokie venues. Imagine the NY Yankees with their own branded slot machine venue actively cross promoted to season ticket holders.
I was shocked to read that slot machine places have been introduced in Pennsylvannia and are being considered in New York.