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A new sinking lid policy for pokie machine numbers in the Mackenzie District does not go far enough according to the Problem Gambling Foundation. An extraordinary district council meeting in Fairlie on Tuesday adopted changes to its Class 4 Gambling and TAB Venue Policy, following the decision to revoke the existing policy in June 2021. Class 4 refers to pokie machines in clubs, pubs and TABs – locations other than casinos and previously council had a 65 machine limit with 36 operating and no sinking lid policy. The council had sought feedback on three options - to impose a sinking lid, to lower the overall number or to impose no change or opt for another option. READ MORE: Problem Gambling Foundation says south Auckland pokie machine profits cause for concern Wellington council poised to start ditching 'dirty money' pokie machines Pokie machines continue to blight South Auckland More could be done to ensure decline of gaming machines, says Problem Gambling … [Read more...] about Pokies gradually on the way out in Mackenzie District

Almost $12 million dollars was lost to pokie machines across South Canterbury in 2021, and Timaru machines gobbled up most of that, according to Department of Internal Affairs figures. More than $10m, which equates to $28,000 a day, was spent on pokie machines in Timaru alone. This figure is the amount lost to machines, also known as gaming machine profit (GMP), and does not include any winnings paid out to gamblers. In Timaru, $10,150,461 was lost at 166 pokie machines across 13 venues, 11 of which are located in medium to medium high deprivation areas. That loss was up by $1.5m on 2020. READ MORE: Pokies gradually on the way out in Mackenzie District Ruapehu District Council tackles 'huge' level of gambling harm Pokie machine 'sinking lid' on the table as Lower Hutt reviews gambling Wellington council poised to start ditching 'dirty money' pokie machines Timaru tops figures for annual per person spend on pokies for the whole Canterbury region, averaging … [Read more...] about South Cantabrians lost almost $12m to pokies in 2021

At right, Hal Prince, Stephen Sondheim, and Mary Rodgers at the Rodgers-Guettel Christmas party in 1965. Photo: Courtesy of the Rodgers-Beaty-Guettel family In the four years between her explosive separation from Jerry Beaty in 1957 and her Mexican wedding to Henry Guettel in 1961, Mary Rodgers (1931–2014) composed the music for Once Upon a Mattress, ushered the show to Broadway and London, assisted Leonard Bernstein on his Young People’s Concerts, and wrote songs for everyone from Bing Crosby to Captain Kangaroo. All this while raising three young children and juggling many unlikely husband prospects, including the producer Hal Prince; a married editor she called Boston Jack; her Mattress lyricist, Marshall Barer, who was gay; and a CIA operative named Cord Meyer. Finally, there was the man she had met and fallen hard for at Oscar Hammerstein’s farm when she was barely a teenager: Stephen Sondheim. Would their affection take the turn they’d described in a song they … [Read more...] about A Trial Marriage to Stephen Sondheim