Poker machines and the SANFL

[Wedgie]

Not sure what time of the day people gample has to do with this thread..

It was a point the original poster made in his second post in this thread.
He was relating it to being related to problem gamblers which in turn he thinks provide the most pokies income to the SANFL clubs which in essence is the main thrust of his topic.

[Booney]

Ok then. For mine, whether you go in at 8am for a breakfast flutter or sit from midnight to dawn in the pokie room makes no odds.

I realise his point that clubs are profiting at the expense of these people, but its their money, they can do with it as they wish. If the suggestion that it is in someway immoral, then good luck convincing any powers that be to change it.

I agree, without pokies most clubs would struggle.

[mackdaddy]

Not sure what time of the day people gample has to do with this thread.

But I would agree that the modern football club would truly struggle to maintain there current status without the revenue from pokie machines. Case in point, my Magpies.

The Prince of Wales is not very busy at any point of the day and it has been a poor investment by the Magpies. We are one of the clubs without a pokie venue of our own ( thats successful ) and look at our predicament.

the POW has not been all that bad for the club!!! the pub makes profits every year... however it is recorded on paper as a loss becoz the club takes surplus for football commitments! however it would be a lot better if we owned the premises rather than paid half a mil in leasing it annually!

and i bet these quiet days you talk about actually make a lot more for the club than busy days
lower crowds= lower turnover = lower payouts = more money in the clubs pocket!!!

[Booney]

I say a bad investment in relation to other much busier venues in the area. Sure, we do make some money and yes, the lease does kill us. I wonder how much effort was spent on speaking to the Briens re : The Alberton Hotel?

[overloaded]

Clubs would be stupid to solely rely on pokies, sure they are a greta cash cow now but they need to ensure they dont have an unhealthy reliance on them cause it could all change very quickly. Hence most clubs look at function centres and increasing match day revenues etc etc

In the corporate world they call this risk management Dutchy. It doesnt make any sense to be so reliant on something that has the potential to become a political football (pardon the pun)

[overloaded]

OK, challenge my stats but I think most of you have missed the point I was trying to make. How many of your clubs would survive withour poker machines?? Lets say hypothetically the government comes out and halves poker machine numbers from every venue in the state. How many clubs could cop this...not many.

This part I agree with.

I might frame this Hondo, lol

[Hondo]

ha ha

First time for everything

On topic - Dutchy and you are spot on regarding risk management by the clubs because if NSW are putting in restrictions there's a good chance SA will too at some stage

[mackdaddy]

not sure if the govt will ban pokies!!! they need the money to fund the new hospital and the adelaide oval redevelopment! and fund the tram line that will most prob go well over budget.. considering i notice a lot of workers sitting around not doing much work when i drive past