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POLITICIANS and newsreaders are being irresponsible by posing in front of poker machines during Prime Minister Julia Gillard's five-day visit to Rooty Hill in western Sydney, anti-gambling campaigners say.
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The Nine Network broadcast its evening news bulletin with pokie lights flashing in the background at the Rooty Hill RSL on Monday.
Labor ministers Anthony Albanese and David Bradbury were interviewed by Sky News in front of gaming machines at the venue.
Monash University gambling expert Charles Livingstone has told AAP that shows 'how far we have to go' before people understand gambling addictions.
'Would either of those people conduct interviews or news programs in front of a bar full of people drinking too much or a room full of people smoking?' Dr Livingstone asked.
'It just demonstrates that politicians don't get it, these are dangerous goods.
'Seeing someone standing in front of a row of poker machines, (on television) in some cases could be enough to get people into difficulty,' he said.
Poker machines should not be shown on television when children are watching, he said.
Rooty Hill, known to some as the 'Vegas of the west', has more than 700 gaming machines.
Dr Livingstone said the fact the social fabric of western Sydney was wound up with poker machines was worrying.
'Those places make an awful lot of money out of people who can ill afford to lose it,' he said.
The Rooty Hill RSL Club is in the electorate of Chifley held by Labor backbencher Ed Husic.
NSW Office of Liquor and Gambling Regulation statistics in 2010-11 show people in Chifley lost $113 million on 1532 poker machines.
Each machine netted $73,000, with the losses equating to $1058 per adult in an electorate where the average person's income is $423 per week.
Anti-gambling campaigner independent senator Nick Xenophon said senior politicians appeared to be 'joined at the hip' to the poker machine industry.
'The irony is that people who are hurt most by poker machines are the battlers, the constituents who are supposed to be (Labor's) core concern,' he said.
Comment has been sought from the Nine Network and Sky News.
A spokesman for Mr Albanese said it was not the minister's choice of location but he was in the broadcaster's hands.
Originally published asMinisters slammed for posing with pokies
Liquor & Gaming NSW has issued its latest gaming machine data updates, revealing the areas with the most pokies and revenue.
The latest reports cover June 1, 2018 to November 30, 2018 for clubs and July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 for hotels.
It reveals the top 20 clubs in NSW now have more than 11,000 poker machines between them.
Anti-gambling advocates have called on the state government to introduce a cap on the number of poker machines.
However, a ClubsNSW spokesman pointed out to the Sunday Telegraph that clubs pay about $1.4 billion in state and federal taxes, employ tens of thousands of people and provide entertainment to some 6.7 million members.
“The top 20 NSW clubs give back 29% of their net profit to the community through the ClubGrants scheme,” the spokesman said.
According to Liquor & Gaming, compared to the previous six-month period:
• The number of gaming machines in operation fell by 300 in clubs and by 3 in hotels.
• The number of club gaming venues fell by 7, and the number of hotel gaming venues fell by 40.
• Net profit rose by 4.1% for clubs and 13.4% for hotels.
According to ompared to the same six-month period in 2017:
• The number of gaming machines in operation fell by 565 in clubs and by 184 in hotels – an overall fall of 749.
• The number of club gaming venues fell by 17, and the number of hotel gaming venues fell by 59.
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• Net profit increased by 0.5% for clubs and 6.4% for hotels.
Top 10 most profitable hotels
- Cross Roads Hotel, Casula
- Railway Hotel, Lidcombe
- Markets Hotel, Flemington
- Meridian Hotel, Hurstville
- The Crown Hotel, Revesby
- El Cortez Hote, Canley Heights
- Campsie Hotel, Campsie
- Twin Willows Hotel, Bass Hill
- Royal Oak Hotel, Lidcombe
- Pritchards Hotel, Mount Pritchard
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Top 10 most profitable clubs
- Mt Pritchard & District Community Club Limited (Trading as Mounties), Mount Pritchard
- Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club, Lidcombe
- Bankstown Sports Club, Bankstown
- Canterbury League Club, Belmore
- Cabra-Vale Ex-Active Servicemen’s Club, Canley Vale
- Rooty Hill RSL Club, Rooty Hill
- Wentworthville Leagues Club
- Revesby Workers’ Club, Revsby
- Parramatta Leagues Club, Parramatta
- Liverpool Catholic Club, Liverpool
Top 5 areas for pubs with pokies
- Sydney – 3140 pokies (172 premises); net profit – $153,448,511.75 (tax $49,141,163.00
- Newcastle – 898 pokies (63 premises); net profit – $26,643,622.58 (tax $7,168,467.57)
- Inner West – 888 pokies (55 premises); net profit – $43,685,223.30 ( tax $14,119,413.75)
- Canterbury-Bankstown – 884 pokies (32 premises); net profit – $113,152,598.29 (tax $44,721,224.28)
- Blacktown – 703 pokies (25 venues); net profit – $65,864,452.52 (tax $24,164,991.07)
Top 5 areas for clubs with pokies
- Canterbury-Bankstown – 4134 pokies (33 venues); net profit – $175,352,451.22 (tax $40,480,146.20)
- Central Coast – 4008 pokies (39 venues); net profit – $110,251,814.99 (tax $20,955,515.40)
- Fairfield – 3356 pokies (19 venues); net profit $185,584,100.34 (tax $44,056,193.97)
- Cumberland – 2228 pokies (14 venues); net profit $114,877,216.50 (tax $27,038,352.02)
- Blacktown – 2118 pokies (12 venues); net profit $82,038,568.76 (tax $18,903,709.19)