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A symbolic cheque

A symbolic cheque

Chair of the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board John Goulter presents Minister of Internal Affairs Rick Barker with a symbolic cheque for $2.3 billion. This was the amount the board had distributed to community projects from the profits of Lotto and related games between 1987 and 2007.

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David Grant, 'Gambling - Gambling in the 21st century', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/39425/a-symbolic-cheque (accessed 23 April 2024)

Story by David Grant, published 5 Sep 2013