Battlers gamble $600,000 a month

A GAMBLING support expert says Colac people who can least afford to lose money are blowing more than $600,000 a month on pokies.

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Colac punters spent $7.47 million on poker machines last financial year.

A GAMBLING support expert says Colac people who can least afford to lose money are blowing more than $600,000 a month on pokies.

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Alex White grew up in Colac and graduated from Colac College in 2004. He studied public relations at Geelong's Deakin University and graduated in 2008 before moving to Sydney for six months on a "working holiday". Alex has been a journalist at The Colac Herald since July 2010 and specialises in feature writing as well as general news. He plays cricket for Colac in the Colac District Cricket Association, football for South Colac in the Colac District Football League, as well as golf.

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