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Victorian AFL clubs raked in $40m from poker machines last financial year
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I'm not going to edit the post, that version is much better
- May 13, 2007
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Carlton
Richmond
Essendon
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What a horrible, horrible way for these clubs to make money.
The members and supporters of these clubs should be ashamed of themselves for supporting the parasitic nature of their ventures.
Shameful. Do better.
Richmond
Essendon
St Kilda
What a horrible, horrible way for these clubs to make money.
The members and supporters of these clubs should be ashamed of themselves for supporting the parasitic nature of their ventures.
Shameful. Do better.
Unless you pump in dirty money into the machine then immediately cash out with clean money with a receipt. It happens in NSW all the time apparently.
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What a disgrace these clubs are still taking money from pokies
Nice to be able to say that about other clubs now
Nice to be able to say that about other clubs now
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don't worry about it, the vic government has shut it down, despite being a legislatively independent organisation dedicated to minimising harm in the community from gambling
- Dec 11, 2010
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Carlton is still the club most reliant on pokies. It pocketed $19.1m from 290 machines at four venues.
Essendon received $14.7m from 190 machines at two venues .
Richmond received $4.6m through 97 machines at the Wantirna Club.
Stkilda took $1.8m from 83 machines at its Moorabbin base.
Victorian AFL clubs raked in $40m from poker machines last financial year
Carlton, Essendon, Richmond and St Kilda continue to profit from pokies, drawing criticism from fans and gambling reform advocateswww.theguardian.com
For the love of money is the root of all evil
- Jun 12, 2018
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It happens everywhere put a few grand of notes in then press cash out and you get clean money or they hover in pokies room when a machine goes off they approach say need a piss go to the bathroom they give you cash you walk out they sit on the winning machine
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I agree....and also clubs that are sponsored by fast food joints especially with the obesity epidemic going on in Australia at the moment.
Shameful. Do better
- May 13, 2007
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- West Coast
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- Seahawks, Huskies, Newcastle Utd.
Fair enough if you want to go down that hole but how many homeless kids/families are there or people who have committed suicide from directly eating a Whopper?
Keep sticking up for your shameless club though as I wouldn't expect anything less from a Blue's supporter.
Not sure if you realise but I agreed with you and I wish Carlton would let go of the pokies.
Just looking at West Coast's sponsors/partners you have Tabtouch, Crown Casino, Jim Beam, Carlton Dry and your major sponsor Hungry Jacks.
Not exactly clean skins either.
- May 2, 2004
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It wouldn't matter if Carlton gave up the income. Their mate Bruce "Pokies King/Peddler of Misery" Mathieson would probably continue with the traditional Carlton way of doing business, ie brown paper bags.
I ****ing hate it. We need to get rid of this stain from our club.
- Jun 9, 2008
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Poker machines are the least of the AFL's problems.
AFL takes a direct cut for every dollar gambled on the sport.
Channel 7 also gets half of its advertising revenue from gambling companies.
If the AFL disasscoates with gambling say goodbye to $1B TV rights.
Literally half of the money the AFL makes is either directly or indirectly from gambling.
AFL takes a direct cut for every dollar gambled on the sport.
Channel 7 also gets half of its advertising revenue from gambling companies.
If the AFL disasscoates with gambling say goodbye to $1B TV rights.
Literally half of the money the AFL makes is either directly or indirectly from gambling.
Yeah nah that would be two blokes I reckon!!
*as he looks over his shoulder furtively to see if the mrs is watching me post
I had no idea it was that bad.
If id stopped and thought about it a bit it’s pretty obvs with all the non stop gambling advertising rammed down our throats. It’s white noise to me as im a very casual gambler - maybe once or twice a year and a weekly lotto ticket - which I look at as a donation to charity.
I’m aghast at the thought of it though.
- Jun 12, 2018
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That’s costing the government through Medicare but it’s not destroying families, making people lose they’re lively hoods, increasing crime let’s start with the most serious ones first then get to the food problem next!
- Jun 12, 2018
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Agree another massive problem all grog gambling advertising should be banned like ciggys if you still want to do it go for it but it shouldn’t be normalised through saturation
Pokies should be limited to casinos like it once was not at your local around the corner
- Jun 9, 2008
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Government legislation is the only way things ever change.
You will never see the AFL disassociate with gambling.
Like I mentioned to Kranky....I agree and wish Carlton got rid of the pokies. I then pointed out some of West Coasts sponsors including casinos and betting agencies.
They also sponsor the Dockers.
- Jun 9, 2008
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AFL signed a 4 year deal with Asahi to be the offical beverage of the sport. Carlton Draught is also a partner of the AFL as the "official beer".
Hell Channel 7's highest rating football show is three blokes sitting at a fake bar drinking beer.
Well we arseholed ciggy ads despite the doomsayers telling us it would be the end of sport as we know it.
- Jun 12, 2018
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Yes but two wrongs don’t make a right.
I’m against all advertising but 20mil taken directly from mums and dads is quite extreme.
I watch limited footy now because of afls degeneration through betting agencies
We can do better.
For my money sports clubs should have nothing to do with unhealthy (mentally or physically) products.
That includes sports drinks full of sugar.
- Jun 12, 2018
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I’ve said ban alcohol advertising.
By your logic I could justify anything.
It’s ok for me to spit on homosexuals because the Saudis lock them up?!
It’s a flawed logic no need to be defensive you have no control over your footy club.
I’ve witnessed destruction from pokie machines I currently pay the rent of a family member because they lost everything
