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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Donna Lu

Victorian RSL clubs spent only 1.5% of pokies revenue on veteran welfare, study finds

Returned Services League emblem, with red pokies sign beneath it, outside a RSL club
There are nearly 300 RSLs in Victoria, of which more than 50 are licensed for poker machines. Photograph: Benjamin Crone/Alamy

Only 1.5% of the money lost by gamblers in poker machines in Victorian RSLs over several years went towards improving veteran welfare, new research shows.

The study, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, analysed records submitted to the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission over a 10-year period.

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