"I find it very concerning, I now see kids in the pokies. We had dinner at the Highways, (not the best meal) when leaving the club we noticed a kid sitting on a chair in the pokies tapping the keys on the machine. I mean where on earth are the staff to stop this sort of thing."

"The point is that the children should never be in the pokie pub or club at all. There should be no enticement of free food, free playgrounds, free movies or free entertainment. Pokie gambling and children do not mix."

"I have lost faith in the VCGR Inspectors. I did a survey of venues to see if they were meeting their obligation to display the existence of self-exclusion. Despite hand written notes at the time of inspection and recording the time and date, the VCGR essentially found that I was delusional.
The most recent disgrace is their failure to take action despite the reports that Woolworths/Mathieson were operating a pokie club through a basketball club that had ceased to exist. If true, Woolworths/Mathieson should be deemed unfit to hold any pokie license."

"Which venue?"