Poker machines

[saynta]

So, as per Farquhar and Ghost Like's comments, our humble little casino operation made half a million in 2019? And that means the license holdees, e.g. Tattersalls, Mathieson, Zagames made a fair quid too, as did the State Government.

Imagine if Moorabbin has been running hot for ten years and is well established...they'd be making a 'fair' quid or two. Imagine what the Hawks have made over the years...Crown?

Ghost Like, that is a pretty explicit, dry/cynical reading on it re. Collingwood and turning our Casino stance from lame duck into a high horse.

It fits the profile St Kilda and most clubs wanna project and the AFL, which is supposed to be for the clubs. Then the AFL can really get their claws more deeply into gambling vis SportsBet and the like, and start making some big money especially on the global gambling scene. They've done their forecasts no doubt, and no all about the potential for India and Dubai and who knows where else to explode.

Ring Ring..
Hello, St Kilda Footy Club.
yeah, hello, its the AFL..
yeah what now?
We want you to stop losing money and project a good community image.
OK..no more tinnies will be sold at training in the car park.
No, what is the situation with your pokies?
Who is asking? The Kingston council...? Did they call? Do they want more cash?
Look...I'm not gonna say anything...just tell us you have a plan.
How much?
?
How much you gonna pay us?
Look, we got global gambling going on big time...It'll be worth 200 billion in twenty years...You do the right thing now..and we'll be sure to give you a little extra. But we don't want to encourage gambling at footy clubs...the councils don't wan't to either...well, actually, the counsellors all want it but 'the council' doesn't.
So what are your saying? Close down the Casino?
MOve to Launceston and you can do a deal the casino there...that way, it'll be all them...and you'll be true Saints.

I heard Eddy Everwhere say that the filth had 40 million in the bank. No wonder they could afford to sell off their pubs and pokies.

[asiu]

I like the Chilli's machine.

You deserve no less...

that was outrageous

have you got one for the Red Kangaroos ?

[The Fireman]

I like the Chilli's machine.

You deserve no less...

oh yeah baby

[asiu]

$170 into $4795

[shanegrambeau]

If we go for this madness we’ll be rich…Pachinko and this pusher game..




Surely the folks down bayside will dig it, being close to the bay, a lot of people like fishing.

[ausfatcat]

I heard Eddy Everwhere say that the filth had 40 million in the bank. No wonder they could afford to sell off their pubs and pokies.

those Pokies got them the 40 million

[shanegrambeau]

What NRL clubs make out their pokies..

Canterbury League Club took $74.9m from gamblers in 2015; Parramatta Leagues Club took $49.9m; Panthers World of Entertainment – run by Panthers Group which also owns pokie palaces in Bathurst, Glenbrook, North Richmond, Port Macquarie and Wallacia – took $65.7m.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... aise-funds

[The Fireman]

$170 into $4795

betting $50

[The Fireman]

If we go for this madness we’ll be rich…Pachinko and this pusher game..




Surely the folks down bayside will dig it, being close to the bay, a lot of people like fishing.

hahaha that was hilarious.

[asiu]

the Great White Shark played the machines
with that sort of fervour

no mucking around

lose big or win big in an hour

thats how we ended up dropping $4.5 k into Big Red

came back under a week later
to see $12 k had just been taken from it

that bit hurt
someone had our $

[asiu]

she regularly pulled 1500 or 2500 in her lunch hour

an amazing strike rate


ps
i watched ALL of that coin pushing vid as well

its ok , just addiction

[Scollop]

Property prices have gone up nicely while we’ve all been in lockdown

When the clubs and pubs open it’ll be good for the banks too

Some of the Pokie addicts will need fresh home equity loans

[saynta]

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-u ... 2681c573eb


"Judge Michael McInerney slammed the “scourge” of poker machines and the 1991 Kirner government who legalised them in Victoria.

“The court, of course, has had to deal with gambling addictions, no doubt for the whole period of its time, but in particular since 1991,” he said.

He said when Ms Roberts was forced to work from home in lockdown, she turned to an overseas online gambling website and continued feeding her “obsession”.

When she won $113,000 on the site she put it back into more spins, along with all of her own money and the money she stole.

“The house never loses,” he said.