Newsflash: Old person likes pokies
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Itās true my nan and her sister love having a play on the pokies after Thursday night dinners
Edit: Oh you were talking about bacchusfox
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The dinner occurring at 4:30, I assume?
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May as well get Phillip Morris on board too. Stants would know someone
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Explain how.
If we were going to base the decision on the morals surrounding gamblingās effect on the community, then we should withdraw from the AFL. Gamble responsibly.
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Pokies can also be used responsibly, and a lot of people do use them responsibly.
I read an article recently, it suggested that the number of pokie players was decreasing, but the amount people were losing remained the same. It suggests theyāre in decline, for various reasons. Be interested to see what percentage of pokie users are problem gamblers.
Personally, I find them about as entertaining as watching paint dry, but itās not for me to tell other people what they can and canāt do with their money. They are legal, and the club will keep them until we can find something that gives us a better return.
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I want to top myself anytime I walk through one of those sordid grief holes.
What a world.
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Would that mean we can have a return of the hot chicks thread?
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No, i donāt get people that enjoy them.
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And I donāt get why people who have no idea just want to bag others who do enjoy them.
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Let me spin some of your quotes for a moment.
So everyone who gambles is addicted? I would think the overwhelming majority of gamblers do it responsibly.
Does gambling lead to people going home and committing domestic violence? Does having a few spins on the pokies, as opposed to a few beers at the footy, lead to someone getting in a car driving across the road and harming people.
Based on these points, the continued sale of alcohol at our home games could easily be argued to be having a far greater impact on peopleās lives than gambling. Therefore we must ensure we donāt make money from alcohol sales.
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I donāt see any remarks that bag people out in my post.
Why are talking about gambling when I am specifically talking about Pokies?
Pokies are gambling
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Come and work in the courts for a few years. You will see what not only alcohol does to people but gambling and drugs. In a lot of cases you generally see two of those three vices together, end result is pretty ā ā ā ā ā ā . Always.
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No kidding.
I rarely play for more than 5-10 minutes on them. Usually order a meal at the local and then go and drop some money in them while Iām waiting for it to be served. I usually only frequent the pubs that sponsor my local footy or cricket team as they pump money back into the clubs and usually quite substantial. If I didnāt spend the money on pokies it would just go on my CrownBet account
The way we are going you wonāt have to worry until after 2042 
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Fair call, i play clash of clans on my phone whilst having a dart.
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I used the words interchangeably given the same points apply. I did mention pokies in my comment.