Lottery agent’s association wrong on Intralot supermarket pitch
The Lottery Agents Association of Victoria said the State Government was unlikely to approve Intralot’s opportunistic application.
Association CEO Peter Judkins CEO said Mr Fletcher’s petition meant well but even if the unlikely approval was made, changes would not come before mid next year.
This is from a story in the Geelong Advertiser on February 13. Judkins has no idea if the government is likely to approve the bid by Intralot to sell scratch tickets in supermarkets. He is wrong to take pressure off the government as he has through this story. Further on the article…
But the CEO said the association would join Mr Fletcher’s fight, should the approval begin to grow legs.
I’ve not heard from Judkins so I am not sure how he plans to support the petition.
The time for Victorian lottery agents is to act now. We ought to be on the steps of parliament mocking the big fat and rich Coles and Safeway organisations and the risk to communities, responsible gambling and family owned small businesses if they will scratch tickets. Unfortunately, Judkins and his association would have us sit on our hands. I’d rather be a dill and find that Intralot loses than be Judkins and find that Intralot has won because by then it would be too late.
Here’s the Geelong Advertiser article:
On this same topic of lotteries in Victoria and Itralot, Kenneth Davidson of The Age has written an interesting opinion piece which looks at the Upper House Inquiry into the regulation of gambling in Victoria.