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A trial to curb pokies losses is set to roll out in Victoria not everyone's happy
2025-03-26 00:45:02| Spiritual Career Counseling
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is being urged to fast-track nation-leading poker machine reform because of the guardrails it will provide problem gamblers, amid backlash from the pokies lobby and the state opposition.In 2023, then-premier Daniel Andrews announced that anyone wanting to play a poker machine in Victoria would have to set limits on how much they were willing to lose before playing the pokies. A special card would be required to play.A bill to give the government the power to set up carded play was introduced to the parliament last November and will be debated this week the Allan government says a trial will be held in 40 venues for three months beginning in the middle of this year.Once completed, mandatory carded play will be rolled out on all of the state's 26,000 poker machines by the end of 2027.In 2023-24, Victorians lost nearly $7.4 billion to gambling. Of that, $4 billion was on the pokies.When introducing the bill last year, then-minister Melissa Horne told parl...
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What Are the Origins of Kissing at Midnight on New Year's?
2025-03-25 22:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
ArticleMany of us pucker up when the clock strikes 12 without knowing why.Bethania PalmaPublished Dec. 31, 2022 ");}else if(is_tablet()){slot_number++;document.write(" Advertisment: ");}We all know the tradition: The clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, and we plant a kiss on someone to ring in the new year. But where did that tradition come from? Theories abound, but despite its murky origins, the practice in the U.S. persists, to the point that most people probably do it, or at least observe others doing it without thinking much about it.Some offer educated guesses, but there's no known, definitive answer. A 2018 Time Magazine report gives credit for the custom, for instance, to German immigrants, pointing to an 1863 report by The New York Times and describing it as one of the earliest records of people kissing at midnight on New Year's.From that 1863 report:New-Year's Eve is a great time among the Germans, who assemble around the domestic fireside, in their public halls, their...
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Symbolic Meaning of the New Year's Kiss
2025-03-25 22:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Last Updated on December 30, 2024 by AviaSmooching at midnight was never a deal for me, but the symbolism of the New Years kiss is a very big deal for millions of folks who countdown the moment that marks the turning of a new page in the calendar year. Ive done some research, and conducted a hefty amount of interviews and it seems the countdown to midnight on New Years Eve is a universal crescendo of excitement that leads to that long awaited smooch. As the clock strikes twelve, theres a magical pausea moment when people lean into love, intimacy, or connection, sealed with a kiss. But why do we do this? Whats the big hype over this much anticipated kiss? Thats what Im here to talk about.Table of ContentsThe Origins of the New Years KissWhy Midnight MattersThe Symbolism of a KissMidnight New Years Kisses (or other types of affectionate recognition) Around the WorldJapan: Shared Meals and the Joya no Kane BellChina: Family Gatherings and Reunion DinnersPhilippines: Close-Knit...
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