Science types get a lot of brownie points explaining how things are linked together, but when it comes to showing that black is white and two adjacent points are unconnected, science doesn’t cut it, you need a regulator.

That's a big shout out to the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation and their sterling work that allows Bruce Mathieson’s family to own 42 per cent of the gaming machine licences in Victorian pubs.