Make your voice heard in the upcoming Invercargill gambling policy decision.
Submissions close on 18 October 2023. The hearing will be on 10 November 2023.
The current policy in Invercargill is working and should be rolled over for another three years.
Make a submission on ICC’s site here.
In Invercargill:
Community and sporting organisations received $5.5m in grants in 2022.
There were 28 new problem gambling clients seen by service providers in 2022. A total of 101 problem gambling clients were seen by service providers in 2022.
There are 226 gaming machines in the Invercargill region. Two of 15 venues are clubs.
We can’t tell you what to say in your submission.
Safer Gaming NZ, and the Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand, want to see problem gambling in Aotearoa reduced to zero. Thankfully, the rate of problem gambling here has not seen any real increase since the 1990s.
Reducing the number of gaming machines in clubs and pubs means a lower amount of grant funding available.
Plus, lowering the number of gaming machines is likely to drive some players into riskier, less-regulated forms of gambling such as online gambling. Online gambling is unregulated, always available, and returns no community benefit.
How to make a submission on Invercargill’s gambling policy.
If you’re willing to help with a submission, please complete the boxes to the right. GMANZ will collect these responses and send them to the TLA for you.
We really appreciate your time spent on this — thank you.