100 Poker Machines
Licensed to: Manningham Club Ltd.
1 Thompsons Road Bulleen Vic 3105 Tel: 9850 2777
City of Manningham - Licensed to Tattersall's.
2008 VCGR Community Benefit Statement
2007 VCGR Community Benefit Statement
2006 VCGR Community Benefit Statement
2005 VCGR Community Benefit Statement

Manningham Club Website
To examine the VCGR's list of Safeway/Woolworths associates click on this link
then type in - Woolworths Ltd - in the box for "Approved Associate/Nominee"

Pokie Loss History
2005/06 pokie losses were $6,923,561 at $69,236 per pokie
2006/07 pokie losses were $7,278,951 at $72,790 per pokie
2007/08 pokie losses were $6,578,314 at $65,783 per pokie
2008/09 pokie losses were $6,790,120 at $67,901 per pokie

3 November Inspection Notes:

Regulation 17 player information talker on each pokie
10 signs intersect with animated reels. The balance are placed to intersect with the credit line. Other talkers promoting Manningham Club features are also placed on the machines above the regulation 17 signs. These promote Feeling Peckish? (advertising food), Fresh Produce day, Join as a member, and Free Bingo.

Visibility of ATM from Gaming Room
In entrance.

Distance of ATM from nearest pokie
19 paces

Visible posting of availability of Self-Exclusion facility
None

Number of Player Information Posters
8

Number of Regulation 18 Brochures
Seemed inadequate for the number of pokies

Eating in Gaming Room
Feeling peckish menu on bar. Only during Bistro hours.

Coffee / Tea service in Gaming Room
Yes.

External Clock on Walls
No.

Visibility from Bistro Area
No.

Kid's Play Area and promotion
None observed.

Do not leave children in vehicle signs/notices
Not recorded.

Gambler's Help notice/cards in toilet
Yes.

Posters in Gaming Room that promote non-gambling activities available in the venue?
Please refer to comments on talkers on machines noted above. 5 lit posters. 1 floor sign. All promote gambling. 1 Floor display "Bigger" for the Melbourne Cup.

General Comments

ALH logo over the entrance. Only asked for membership to enter gaming room and Sunset restaurant not the TAB.

What is the arrangement with the Brisbane Lions? Does some part of the profits of this club go to supporting this Queensland based team? Or do they simply rent space from Manningham Club.

Large rental payments noted in Community Benefit Statements. To whom is this paid? Research on the VCGR web site lead to discussion of this very issue.
In June 2004 the predecessor of the VCGR considered that this venue should lose its status as a club. It would, as a result, lose its exemption for contributing to the Community Benefit Fund.
The matter was deferred for 12 months for further review and there is no record on the VCGR web site of any such review.
Read the decision by clicking here.
An undated submission to the Executive Director of Gaming and Racing from Manningham Club is located online within the Department of Justice's web site. You can also download this letter by clicking on the attachment to this web page below.

18 November 2009 Inspection Notes:

Regulation 17 player information talker signs
Counted about 25 sign that intersected reels. The remainder were placed so that bottom lined up at the top of the animated reels. Higher up (as before) were signs for food or other events at the club including Rotary Market, Free Bingo and Feeling Peckish?

Location of ATM
As before. On the way to the eating area.

Visible posting of availability of Self-Exclusion facility
Cards in holder at the cashier area.

Number of Player Information Posters
8

Visibility from Bistro Area
Visible on entry but not while eating. ALH logo next to "Gaming Room" sign when entering through main entrance.

Child Play Area
No child are but large street sign and poster for Andy's Antics marketing to children.

Clocks on wall
Behind cashier despite the large pokie area.

Gambler's Help Notice/Cards in Toilet
2 x posters. 2 x card holders.

P.I.D. information
#12 and #2 2¢ Geisha RTP 88.77 Jackpot .090 Games per win 8.71
#11 2¢ Big Ben RTP 89.56 Jackpot .090 Games per win 10.05

Posters in gaming room
In the smoking area there is a sign promoting the purchase of pots of beer for $3.50. In pokie room: Are You A Member?, Large floor sign in centre - on one side was Reelin' n' Boppin and the other side was Four Games on one pokie, 2 x Free Bingo every Friday, Gold Jackpots

Observations
Playing the pokie brochure at cashier's counter is obscured by talker for "Are You A Member" at cashier's counter.