$28 million misspent by pokie trusts - Department of Internal Affairs

The Department of Internal Affairs says about $28 million has been misspent by pokie trusts, with $11.5m so far recovered.Director of Gambling Vicki Scott told Nine to Noon the money was spent on assets such as new gaming machines instead of being paid out to community groups through the grants system.Scott said about a third of the pokie trusts engaged in deliberate "creative accounting", and three-quarters of the 32 trusts, were non-compliant to some degree.More to come...