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They’re NSW’s dirty dozen: 12 registered clubs that in any other country would be called casinos. Enormous entertainment complexes that between them operate close to seven thousand poker machines, make almost one billion dollars in gambling revenue every year… yet call themselves not-for-profit organisations and enjoy lucrative tax concessions from the state government. They bankroll campaigns to protect their gambling industry, they have the ear of the government and they claim that they’re leading the fight against problem gambling, even while their profits grow… just who are NSW’s dirty dozen?
1. Mt Pritchard & District Community Club (Trading as Mounties)
Poker machines: 603
Revenue (last financial year): $107,393,033
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- Dates and venues have been announced for the next series of APL & 888PL State Championships – the last before the next MAIN EVENT at Crown Melbourne on September 5-9. NSW (Rooty Hill RSL, 55 Sherbrooke Street, Rooty Hill).
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- The most predatory industry in Australia, club poker machines, is also one of the industries most dominated by old, white men. Clubs claim to be at the heart of community, yet community donations make up a tiny 2 per cent of the $11.5 billion in pokies profits made by the top 25 clubs alone over the past decade.
Mounties is the highest-earning poker machine club in the country. They’re also located in the Fairfield City Council area, which has the highest losses in NSW. A double distinction, if you will. Mounties boast of their 4 restaurants and 13 bars, not to mention the gym, the hairdresser or the child minding service… but they don’t say much about their annual 9 digit poker machine revenue.
2. Western Suburbs (Newcastle) Leagues Club
Poker machines: 556
Revenue (last financial year): $101,145,000
Wests in New Lambton is the other $100 million plus pokies club in NSW. Each of their 556 poker machines rakes in $182,000 a year, making them the most lucrative pokies in the state.
3. Bankstown Sports Club
Poker machines: 745
Revenue (last financial year): $86,683,187
4. Canterbury League Club
Poker machines: 695
Revenue (last financial year): $78,228,286
The recently-formed Canterbury-Bankstown City Council has the second highest losses on poker machines in NSW… and is home to the state’s 3rd and 4th highest earning poker machine clubs. Bankstown Sports Club has the distinction of having more poker machines (745) than any other club in the country, while Canterbury League Club is not far behind. Between them they pull in over $160 million in gaming revenue each year.
5. Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club
Poker machines: 450
Revenue (last financial year): $75,292,054
The first of two “Catholic” clubs in the Dirty Dozen, Dooleys actually changed their constitution in 2011 to allow them to get political and fight against poker machine reforms.
6. Cabra-Vale Ex-Active Servicemen’s Club
Poker machines: 450
Revenue (last financial year): $68,714,893
Cabra-Vale Diggers is the second Fairfield City Council club on our list. Nothing says “remember our Diggers” like hundreds of poker machines and sheer golden opulence.
7. Penrith Rugby League Club
Poker machines: 610
Revenue (last financial year): $66,754,000
Penrith Panthers is the flagship of the Panthers Group, which expanded to a dozen clubs on the back of poker machine revenue but has shrunk in recent years due to crippling debts and poor management. Their 600+ poker machines keeps this club afloat.
8. Mingara Recreation Club
Poker machines: 481
Revenue (last financial year): $64,382,922
Mingara was the trial site for the controversial “chaplains in clubs” scheme in 2012, which was proposed by Clubs NSW as an alternative to gambling reform. Today the club is the 8th highest earning pokies venue in NSW.
9. Rooty Hill RSL Club
Poker machines: 726
Revenue (last financial year): $55,617,583
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Rooty Hill RSL loves the spotlight. They ran an advertising campaign saying they were so big they needed their own postcode, and they regularly host “town hall-style forums” for our leaders during federal elections. They seem far more interested in their Novotel Hotel and their bowling alleys, paid for and subsidised by pokies revenue, than our returned servicemen and women.
10. Parramatta Leagues Club
Poker machines: 520
Revenue (last financial year): $54,177,399
Parramatta Leagues Club has seen its fair share of financial scandals over the years, culminating in the sacking of their board last year for misusing funds to make extra payments to Parramatta Eels players. Despite it all, their 520 pokies have kept them at number 10 in the state.
11. Liverpool Catholic Club
Poker machines: 435
Revenue (last financial year): $52,804,118
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The second “Catholic” club on our list. Last year their community contributions were just 3% of their poker machine revenue. The other 97% probably went into their new hotel extension, or their ice skating rink, or maybe even their mini-golf course.
12. Revesby Workers’ Club
Poker machines: 525
Revenue (last financial year): $51,561,890
It was a close call for number 12 in the Dirty Dozen, but Revesby Workers Club just edged out Wentworthville Leagues Club. Revesby Workers has slightly fewer poker machines than Wentworthville Leagues and slightly higher revenue as well, but the deciding factor was that Revesby Workers is in the Canterbury-Bankstown Council area, which (as was mentioned earlier) is the second-highest losing council area in NSW. Revesby’s contribution to that can’t be ignored.
Special Mention
Let’s not forget the clubs that are just outside the Dirty Dozen. Wentworthville Leagues Club, of course, has 541 machines and made $51,146,386 last year. There are three other clubs in the 500+ poker machines category: Western Suburbs League Club (Campbelltown) – 510 pokies; Commercial Club (Albury) – 623 pokies; and Twin Towns Services Club – 596 pokies. The Commercial and Twin Towns clubs deserve special mention for staying alive and continuing to make huge gambling profits even after the spread of poker machines in to Queensland and Victoria made their border-town status largely irrelevant.
Note: Data on gaming machine numbers is © State of New South Wales (Department of Justice) 2017.
For current information go to justice.nsw.gov.au.
Dates and venues have been announced for the next series of APL & 888PL State Championships – the last before the next MAIN EVENT at Crown Melbourne on September 5-9.
NSW (Rooty Hill RSL, 55 Sherbrooke Street, Rooty Hill)
Event 1: NSW State Championships ($60,000 guaranteed prizepool; Saturday, July 21; registration 10am for noon start; 10,000 start stack; 15-minute levels for flights 1 and 2 then 20-minutes on final day)
Qualification: Top 2 on any Season 2 Event Leaderboard; top 5 on the Season 2 Regional Leaderboard; first or second place at any NSW Regional Final; winner of any eligible Season 2 Special Events; top 8 from the Season 2 Pro Open events; top 10 from the APL NSW Player of the Month Leaderboard for each month of Season 2; top 30 from the NSW 888PL State Scoreboard
Payout structure
1 $8000 + MAIN EVENT seat
2 $4500 + MAIN EVENT seat
3 $3000 + MAIN EVENT seat
4 $2000 + MAIN EVENT seat
5 $1500 + MAIN EVENT seat
6 $1250 + MAIN EVENT seat
7 $1000 + MAIN EVENT seat
8 $750 + MAIN EVENT seat
9-16 $400 + MAIN EVENT seat
17-24 $250 + MAIN EVENT seat
25-32 $200
33-40 $150
Event 2: APL Pro Open (Sunday, July 22; registration 10am for noon start; entry $110 buy-or via qualification; start stack 10,000; structure as per previous Pro Opens; $25,000 guaranteed prizepool including one TeamWSOP Package, three MAIN EVENT seats, 32 Second Chance Pro Open tickets, eight State Championships tickets & $4400 cash plus buy-ins on the day; this event is run in two flights and all qualifiers must be registered before noon on the day)
VICTORIA (Dingley International, 334 Boundary Road, Dingley)
Event 1: State Championships ($25,000 guaranteed prizepool; Sunday, July 29; registration 9am for 10.30am start; 15,000 start stack; 25-minute levels)
Qualification: Top 5 on the Season 2 Regional Scoreboard; top 4 in any regular Season 2 nightly venue Scoreboard; winner of any Season 2 Special event; top 10 on any monthly Victorian APL Player of the Month Leaderboard; top 30 on the Victorian 888PL State Scoreboard for Season 2)
Payout structure
1 $4000 + MAIN EVENT seat
2 $2200 + MAIN EVENT seat
3 $1300 + MAIN EVENT seat
4 $1000 + MAIN EVENT seat
5 $800 + MAIN EVENT seat
6 $700 + MAIN EVENT seat
7 $600 + MAIN EVENT seat
8 $500 + MAIN EVENT seat
9 $500
10-11 $400
12-13 $300
14-15 $200
16-18 $150
19-24 $125
25-32 $100
QUEENSLAND (Kedron Wavell Services Club, 375 Hamilton Rd, Chermside)
Event 1: Last Chance Freeroll Frenzy (Friday, July 20; registration 6pm for 7pm; $500 for first, $300 for second, $200 for third; top 8 players will receive entry into the State Champs on the following day)
Event 2: APL/888PL State Championships ($20,000 guaranteed prizepool; Saturday, July 21; registration 9.30am for 11am start; 20,000 start stack)
Qualification: Top 5 on any Season 2 Venue Leaderboard; top 5 on any Season 2 Event Leaderboard; top 5 on the Season 2 Regional Leaderboard; winner of any eligible Season 2 Special Events; top 10 from the QLD APL Player of the Month Leaderboard for Season 2; top 30 from the QLD 888PL State Scoreboard
Payout structure
1 $2500 + MAIN EVENT seat
2 $1250 + MAIN EVENT seat
3 $1000 + MAIN EVENT seat
4 $750 + MAIN EVENT seat
5 $500 + MAIN EVENT seat
6 $400 + MAIN EVENT seat
7 $300 + MAIN EVENT seat
8 $250 + MAIN EVENT seat
9 $200
10-16 $150
17-24 $125
25-32 $100
SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Checkside Tavern, Turner Drive, Westlakes)
Event 1: APL/888PL State Championships ($10,000 guaranteed prizepool; Sunday, July 22; registration 9am for 10.45am start; 10,000 start stack; 25-minute levels)
Qualification: Top 10 on any Season 2 Event Leaderboard; top 5 on the Season 2 Regional Leaderboard; first or second at any SA Regional Final; winner of any eligible Season 2 Special Events; top 10 in any month on the SA APL Player of the Month Leaderboard; top 30 on the SA 888PL State Scoreboard for Season 2
Payout structure
1 $1200 + MAIN EVENT seat
2 $600 + $1200 MAIN EVENT seat
3 $300 + $1200 MAIN EVENT seat
4 $100 + $1200 MAIN EVENT seat
5 $800
6 $600
7 $400
8 $300
9 $200
10-16 $100
WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Tompkins Park, Canning Hwy & Dunkley Avenue, Alfred Cove)
Event 1: State Championships ($5000 guaranteed prizepool; Sunday, July 29; registration: 10am for noon start; buy-in $20 – due to State Legislation, there is no qualification into the WA State Champs and therefore it is an open event)
Payout structure
1 $750 + MAIN EVENT seat
2 $400 + MAIN EVENT seat
3 $300
4 $250
5 $150
6 $150
7 $100
8 $100
9-16 $50
Note: “Gaming Function” by permit issued under section 51 of the Act issued to ‘Tompkins Park Community and Recreation Centre’ between the approved hours of 12pm and 8pm. If you believe you have a problem gaming issue, we encourage you to contact: 1800 858 858 and also see www.gamblinghelponline.org.au
TASMANIA (Glenorchy RSL Club, 320 Main Rd, Glenorchy)
Event 1: APL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Saturday, August 4; registration noon for 1pm start; guaranteed prizepool $3500 including two MAIN EVENT seats)
Qualification: Top 5 on any Season 2 Event Leaderboard; top 20 on any Season 2 Tasmanian Player of the Month Leaderboard; top 10 at the ‘Last Chance Regional Final’)
• Note: MAIN EVENT seats are valued at $1200