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An Auckland Returned Services (RSA) club has been hit with a $9500 fine for illegal gambling.
The Department of Internal Affairs said prosecutor Mark Woolford told Judge Lindsay Moore in Auckland District Court yesterday that Newmarket RSA operated eight unlicensed pokies for more than a year in 2004-05.
The machines generated more than $62,000 in profits.
Judge Moore ordered the machines forfeited.
He discharged co-defendant and club manager Joan Morrow without conviction on payment of $500 costs.
The department said today it had refused to renew the club's licence in September 2004 on grounds of financial viability, including continuous failure to pay the problem-gambling levy.
- NZPA
