The coronavirus shutdown has negatively affected so many aspects of the economy, but for these Australians, the closure of pokies rooms has changed life for the better.
Soon that cash windfall was gone. With no money in the bank, and nothing else to sell, he started borrowing money."COVID-19 has been a blessing for me, with pubs, clubs and casinos closed, I've been completely unable to play the pokies at all," he said.
"Since the lockdown started, I created an online gambling account and put $100 into it. I lost that $100 straight away, so I haven't put any money back into it since," Corey said. "It has been a blessing for me and my son because he's suddenly not being tricked, deceived and robbed by the poker machines," she said."We are both experiencing a peace we haven't experienced for over a decade. I'm able to live each day without the constant fear that my son will try to take his life again."
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