Couple of interesting articles in Canberra Times this morning:

"An accounts manager with a gambling problem pleaded guilty...of defrauding the ACT Dept Of Education and Community Services of $441,512.57."
Police estimated she had visited clubs an average of 288 times per year over a period of 4 years.
"Club Records [Tuggeranong Valley Club] show that she had recorded a poker machine turnover, inclusive of winnings, of $1,260,997.83" (this was at a SINGLE CLUB).
"Excluding wins she had input about $136,105 into the machines."
She also had gambled at other clubs as well!

Apparantly at no time was she ever questioned about the high spending or recommended counselling until she was arrested by police over the original fraud!


Also in an unrelated article it is reported that Canberra Clubs will be able to reduce their required donations from poker machine turnover by 33% if those donations go Womens Sport instead of mixed/mens sporting clubs or other charities!