Well, why not? Our two biggest binge items (piss and smokes) are readily available, as if they're a necessity of life, right alongside milk, bread, rice, veg. Let another devastating thing be sold 'conveniently' in supermarkets. At present, to buy lottery tickets and 'scratch and win' tickets, you have to visit a separate counter in the supermarket. Yet, if the New Zealand Lotteries Commission get their way, you'll be able to gamble right along buying the staples. Wine and beer? Check. Cigarettes and tobacco? Check. Lotto and scratchies? Check.
Food? Veg? What the fuck are they?
'...(Head of the Lotteries Commission Todd) McLeay said the commission wants to encourage the 86% of New Zealanders who play the lottery to spend more.
"We know many of them have intentions to buy but for various reasons they don't get round to it. If we can improve the convenience of purchase then we'll go some of the way to helping attract them to play more frequently." ...'
What a piece of shit he sounds!
And they're pushing for online sales too. Make it convenient to lose all your money, in one handy transaction. Way to go, NZ Lotteries!
I heard a comedian say once that 'Lotto is the government tax for people who are no good at maths.'
Amazing.
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