33 Poker Machines
Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group Limited
49-69 Hanson Road
Woodville North 5012 Tel: 9531 2709
City of Charles Sturt.
ALE 2008 Property Valuation - $2,370,000
Hotel Website - mayMay promotehave promoted conduct that breaches Responsible Gambling Code of PracticePractice. Pictures have been removed.
Hotel License

5 November 2008 Inspection Notes:

Card and Pamphlet groups
10 groups of cards/pamphlets including cashier. Located at the ends of the bank of pokies and not between them. One holder was placed well to the back in a dark corner near pokie #23.

Visibility of ATM from Pokie room.
Located between the pokies room and the TAB. Large lit overhead blue and white ATM sign affixed to ceiling. Visible throughout the pokie room. Also a large red and white ATM sign with an arrow was affixed in the pokies room

Distance of ATM from nearest pokie
Not measured.

Visible posting of availability of Self-Barring facility
One poster near ATM.

Clocks on walls
5.

Eating in Pokie Room
Talker on bar promoting snacks. Also a sign atop the ATM.

Coffee / Tea service in Pokie Room
Yes. Complimentary.

Pokie sounds and vision into bistro area.
Tables were set up in the TAB bar where one can see and hear the pokies.

Kid's Play Area and promotion
None.

Gambler's Help notice/cards in toilet
Mens - 3 x drink posters. 1 x gambling. Brochures on sink. Sticker on door that had been ripped.
When leaving the toilets to return to the pokies room you walk by 6 x gambling posters and 1 x alcohol poster.

Posters in Pokie Room that promote non-gambling activities available in the venue
4 x small gamblers help posters near the coffee station. 2 x free standing posters and 2 x lit posters all promoted pokies.

General Comments.

Thieves escaped with two bottles of liquor after ram-raiding the Finsbury Hotel in May 2008. Click here to read the full story.

An event staged by outlaw bikie gang The Finks included the Finsbury hotel in November 2007. Click here to read the full story.

The web site may depict conduct that breaches the provisions on the Gaming Machines Act 1992 Responsible Gambling Code of Practice that states:

"The gambling provider will ensure that a person is not served alcohol while seated or standing at a gaming machine"

Please note the picture below (downloaded from the Hotel's web site) which can be interpreted as depicting a person seated at their pokie and being served alcohol.


The code also requires the gambling provider to take all practical steps;

"to ensure that alcohol is not supplied to reward, promote or encourage continued gambling"

Please note picture below (downloaded from the Hotel's web site) which depicts two people holding drinks while one is seated and in the action of gambling at a pokie.


5 November 2008 Inspection Notes:

Card and Pamphlet groups
Placed between every pokie. The holders next to pokies #23 and #12 were empty.

Distance of ATM from nearest pokie
14 paces.

Visible posting of availability of Self-Barring facility
By the cashier and the ATM. Nothing by car park entrance to the pokies room.

Clocks on walls
3.

Pokie sounds and vision into bistro area.
Wide open entrance between eating area and pokie area. The TAB in the eating area has no dividers whatsoever. Chocolate Factory coin operated machine installed.

Kid's Play Area and promotion
None.

Gambler's Help notice/cards in toilet
Poster and sticker on door. 6 posters for either KENO or lotteries between the toilet and the pokie area.

Posters in Pokie Room that promote non-gambling activities available in the venue
Turtle pokie free standing sign upon entry. Shogun. Indian Dreaming.

General Comments.
Pictures taken from venue website presented above have been removed from the website.