MR HOLLAND AND LOTTERIES
Sir, —One overseas lottery is no more moral than another, and the selling of this country’s goodwill to Tattersails, thus supporting that firm’s dispute with the Tasmanian Labour Government, was questionable, both morally and politically. We have a State lottery masquerading as an art union, with no limit to the number of subscribers, no safeguards against bogus tickets, an inferior proportion of prize money, and large profits to the private promoters. Mr Holland should first ensure that our own lottery meets local demands, and then prohibit support for overseas consultations. New Zealanders dislike fence-sitters, and have suffered a “neither for nor against” policy in gambling for too long. The Prime Minister will find that “both for and against” is an even less palatable slogan.—Yours, etc., VARIAN J. WILSON. October 20, 1955.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27795, 21 October 1955, Page 3
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