Poker machines

PUBS ‘NEXT FRONTIER FOR CRIME’: CLICK-BAIT MEDIA

Posted on November 29th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The hospitality industry and Associations are again defending the role of pubs and clubs in society, in light of the latest round of naïve finger-pointing by click-bait media. According to Nine Entertainment (the merged Channel 9 and Fairfax Media) the

WORLD GAMING MACHINE COUNT SEES AUSTRALIA SLIP

Posted on November 6th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The latest global count of poker machines has found Australian numbers have fallen, now less than five per cent of the number in the country with the most machines.  The Gaming Technologies Association (GTA) first commissioned the World Count of

VICTORIAN GAMING STATS SHOW MIXED RESULTS

Posted on July 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Victorian regulator has released its latest round of annual gaming figures for the state’s venues, demonstrating the effects of the pandemic shutdown. The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) publishes the annual gaming expenditure data for the

VENUES WIN IN TASMANIAN POKIES ELECTION

Posted on March 5th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Tasmania’s election – aka the state referendum on poker machines – has ended with a decisive win by the incumbent Liberal government, with its plans to keep them. For several months news on the pending Tasmanian state election has been

FEDERAL COURT FINDS POKIES ‘NOT GUILTY’

Posted on February 5th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
After a lengthy legal build-up, Aristocrat Leisure and Packer’s Crown Resorts have been cleared of allegations that Dolphin Treasure incorporated deceptive practises and was designed to feed poker machine addiction. The case, filed by self-confessed ‘former addict’ Shonica Guy, 41,

BROAD CHANGES TO VICTORIAN POKIE REG’S: UPSIDE FOR PUBS

Posted on July 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Victoria has capped numbers and tightened the regulations around poker machines, but much of the news is good for pub operators. The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation Marlene Kairouz announced new arrangements aimed to help “limit gambling-related

HOTEL BROKER CONVICTED OF HOLDING POKIES BY REGULATOR

Posted on April 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Well-known hotel broker Nick Tinning has been given a slap on the wrist for illegally storing old pokies in his basement. Principal of leading regional broker Chris Tinning & Co, Nick has worked at the family company for many years,

COLES BET ON POKIE REFORM WON’T COST ONE DOLLAR

Posted on February 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Wesfarmers continues its rhetoric around poker machines, alluding to “other options” if it can’t get government or manufacturers to back its trial of $1 bet limits. Chief executive Richard Goyder told ABC's The Business Wesfarmers was pushing for poker machine

PADDY WAGON COP SHOP PUB OPENS TO LEGAL OMENS

Posted on October 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
New Irish pub Paddy Wagon has opened on the site of the old Glenorchy cop shop, greeted with warnings from the Premier about cutting the number of poker machines in the State. Extensive renovations have transformed the nondescript brick building

ELECTION FIASCO REVIVES ANTI-POKIES POLLIES

Posted on July 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The turbulent election result has given new life to the old power-trippers again calling for sweeping restrictions to be placed on the nation’s poker machines. The ghosts of minority governments past are chuckling as the newly-elected Turnbull Government grapples with