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Did the pokie industry just demote the NSW gaming minister?

Victor Dominello wanted to ban cash from the state’s 96,000 poker machines, which is why he lost the sensitive portfolio, anti-gambling advocates say.

Aaron Patrick
Aaron PatrickSenior correspondent

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On Bastille Day this year, as Sydney’s second COVID-19 wave began accelerating, a bottle shop and hotel company that had been spun off from Woolworths agreed to buy a roomy pub in the city’s north for $40 million.

Sydney’s Terrey Hills Tavern sold for $40 million.  

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Aaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com

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