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Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :'Bandit!' 'Nanny!' 20 October 2013
Date: 2013
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0026497
Description: Metiria Turei, dressed as a nurse and representing the Green Party, confronts Skycity Casinos, in the form of an electronic gaming machine. Turei calls it a 'bandit' to which the machine retorts 'Nanny'. On 18 October 2013 the Green Party proposed to introduce mandatory measures to limit what gamblers can spend on electronic gaming machines from 2017. The Greens co-leader, Metiria Turei, said that this was in response to the SkyCity deal, part of which allows the casino operation more gaming machines in return for building an International Convention Centre. The terms '(one-armed) bandit' and 'nanny (state)' were terms of abuse used by those for and those against the proposal. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :[The problem gambler]. 13 May 2013
Date: 2013
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0024799
Description: Depicts Prime Minister John Key as an old lady playing the pokie machine, as 'The Problem Gambler'. He is betting with little people from his bag of people. The little cartoonist figure in the bottom right hand corner of the frame says "Conference centre 4u". Refers to government signing a heads-of-agreement with SkyCity Casinos, which will bear the cost of building a $402 million convention centre and operating it for 35 years. The casino operator will be able to install 230 new pokies machines. Key said the link between the number of pokie machines and problem gamblers was arguable, but had been reducing for some time. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :"Management wants a chat." 26 June 2013
Date: 2013
From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].
By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0025321
Description: Depicts a punter in a mask sitting at a pokie machine. A casino employee tells him that the management wants a chat. The caption is a news headline about the trial of facial recognition at Auckland Casino. Refers to SkyCity Casino introducing facial recognition to find problem gamblers in a crowd and bar them from gambling on their premises (New Zealand Herald 25 June 2013). Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Smith, Hayden James, 1976- :"You wanna see a SERIOUS addiction problem - check out THAT...
Date: 2013
From: Smith, Hayden James, 1976-:[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0025289
Description: An elderly woman plays a poker machine while a man representing "sports clubs" collects the money from the back of the machine. The woman comments that the man is more addicted to pokies than she is. Context - Sports groups have expressed concern over potential decreases in funding following the announcement of a `sinking lid' policy on polker machines by the Auckland Council (NZ Herald, Jul 25, 2013) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).