![]() He said he hated the pokies and what they did to people. More personally a hotel manager just last week confided in me that he was forever being asked by patrons to borrow $5 or $10 so they could go home and feed their families after losing all they had to the pokies. A recent Herald Sun survey revealed 84 per cent support for the removal of poker machines in Victoria. Poker machines are not popular in the community. Further, it reveals an understanding that although pokies offer a short-term revenue boon, their long term cost to the community is devastating. Yet the proposal by Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes a Court reflects a club that is truly prepared to listen to the community in which it operates. It is a decision that reportedly will cost the club some $7 million in revenue. ![]() ![]() I believe the proposal by South Sydney Leagues Club's co-owners to remove its 160 poker machines should be applauded. It is tragically ironic that as South Sydney Leagues Club is looking at scrapping its poker machines, the NSW Government is considering a move that will further strengthen gambling's grip on the state by allowing pubs to introduce the Keno lottery game. ![]()
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