Last night saw an interesting moment in the current Federal election campaign. Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, live on stage at the Rooty Hill RSL in Sydney’s west… but not at the same time. An audience of 200 undecided voters to ask them the hard questions… although they seemed quite partial to Abbott, and saved the hardest questions for Gillard. I guess that’s inevitable, given he’s the local boy.
So colossally does the Rooty Hill RSL Club loom over Western Sydney that for the past several years it has waged a campaign demanding its own postcode. Within its grounds are a full Novotel and bowling alley. Its gaming floor is a sea of hundreds of poker machines. Rooty Hill Rsl Poker Machines another reason to join. Joe Rooty Hill Rsl Poker Machines Fortune’s incredible game selection won’t disappoint you! Liquor & Gaming NSW has issued its latest gaming machine data updates, revealing the areas with the most pokies and revenue. The latest reports cover June 1, 2018 to November 30, 2018 for clubs and July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 for hotels. It reveals the top 20 clubs in NSW now have more than 11,000 poker machines between them. Rooty Hill RSL has 726 poker machines - one of the largest collections of any NSW club - and regularly ranks in the top ten highest-earning clubs in terms of gaming machine profit. Rooty Hill RSL Club Limited ABN 54 000 842 375 GENERAL (RDR) PURPOSE FINANCIAL REPORT. Poker machine licences and taxes (16,113,996) (16,323,568).
But for me, the event provided a telling snapshot of the political world’s attitude towards poker machines and problem gambling. Rooty Hill RSL is massive, with a bowling alley and a laser skirmish centre to complement the 800 pokies in residence. Yes, 800 machines… as a Victorian, with our venue cap of 105 machines, that figure is almost unfathomable.
And in the middle of this massive pokies den were our top politicians. The prime minister and the leader of the opposition. They answered question after question from the Galaxy-poll-picked audience, while all around them hundreds of gamblers dropped their money into the pokies.
Yet no one mentioned problem gambling. No one mentioned the $12 billion lost nationally on the pokies. No one spoke about the proven links between problem gambling and depression, between problem gambling and suicide. Not the audience, not Tony Abbott, not Julia Gillard.
The poker machines and their impact on society were ignored by all and sundry… just as they have been right throughout this campaign.
I can only hope that, come election day, we get enough independent representation in the Senate and the House of Reps to force the problem gambling issue… but I’m not holding my breath. It seems that, regardless of who wins on the day, neither side cares enough to do anything about it.
Liquor & Gaming NSW has issued its latest gaming machine data updates, revealing the areas with the most pokies and revenue.
The latest reports cover June 1, 2018 to November 30, 2018 for clubs and July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 for hotels.
It reveals the top 20 clubs in NSW now have more than 11,000 poker machines between them.
Anti-gambling advocates have called on the state government to introduce a cap on the number of poker machines.
However, a ClubsNSW spokesman pointed out to the Sunday Telegraph that clubs pay about $1.4 billion in state and federal taxes, employ tens of thousands of people and provide entertainment to some 6.7 million members.
“The top 20 NSW clubs give back 29% of their net profit to the community through the ClubGrants scheme,” the spokesman said.
According to Liquor & Gaming, compared to the previous six-month period:
• The number of gaming machines in operation fell by 300 in clubs and by 3 in hotels.
• The number of club gaming venues fell by 7, and the number of hotel gaming venues fell by 40.
• Net profit rose by 4.1% for clubs and 13.4% for hotels.
According to ompared to the same six-month period in 2017:
• The number of gaming machines in operation fell by 565 in clubs and by 184 in hotels – an overall fall of 749.
• The number of club gaming venues fell by 17, and the number of hotel gaming venues fell by 59.
• Net profit increased by 0.5% for clubs and 6.4% for hotels.
Top 10 most profitable hotels
- Cross Roads Hotel, Casula
- Railway Hotel, Lidcombe
- Markets Hotel, Flemington
- Meridian Hotel, Hurstville
- The Crown Hotel, Revesby
- El Cortez Hote, Canley Heights
- Campsie Hotel, Campsie
- Twin Willows Hotel, Bass Hill
- Royal Oak Hotel, Lidcombe
- Pritchards Hotel, Mount Pritchard
Top 10 most profitable clubs
- Mt Pritchard & District Community Club Limited (Trading as Mounties), Mount Pritchard
- Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club, Lidcombe
- Bankstown Sports Club, Bankstown
- Canterbury League Club, Belmore
- Cabra-Vale Ex-Active Servicemen’s Club, Canley Vale
- Rooty Hill RSL Club, Rooty Hill
- Wentworthville Leagues Club
- Revesby Workers’ Club, Revsby
- Parramatta Leagues Club, Parramatta
- Liverpool Catholic Club, Liverpool
Top 5 areas for pubs with pokies
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- Sydney – 3140 pokies (172 premises); net profit – $153,448,511.75 (tax $49,141,163.00
- Newcastle – 898 pokies (63 premises); net profit – $26,643,622.58 (tax $7,168,467.57)
- Inner West – 888 pokies (55 premises); net profit – $43,685,223.30 ( tax $14,119,413.75)
- Canterbury-Bankstown – 884 pokies (32 premises); net profit – $113,152,598.29 (tax $44,721,224.28)
- Blacktown – 703 pokies (25 venues); net profit – $65,864,452.52 (tax $24,164,991.07)
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Top 5 areas for clubs with pokies
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- Canterbury-Bankstown – 4134 pokies (33 venues); net profit – $175,352,451.22 (tax $40,480,146.20)
- Central Coast – 4008 pokies (39 venues); net profit – $110,251,814.99 (tax $20,955,515.40)
- Fairfield – 3356 pokies (19 venues); net profit $185,584,100.34 (tax $44,056,193.97)
- Cumberland – 2228 pokies (14 venues); net profit $114,877,216.50 (tax $27,038,352.02)
- Blacktown – 2118 pokies (12 venues); net profit $82,038,568.76 (tax $18,903,709.19)