The Cinderella Man, Russell Crowe, has persuaded the board members of his rugby club to remove its 160 slot machines from the premises. “Family friendly” is how he wants it. And what Maximus Decimus Meridias wants . . .
“We are not moralising here, we just believe that low-income areas . . . need less poker machines rather than more.”
St. Augustine ( “The devil invented gambling” ), Martin Luther ( “Money won by gambling is not won without self-seeking and sin” ), and Rasheeda would agree.
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