57 Poker Machines
Licensed to: Port Melbourne Football Club Ltd.
145 Bay Street, Port Melbourne 3207 Tel: 9646 2224
City of Port Phillip - Licensed to Tattersall's.
2008 VCGR Community Benefit Statement
2007 VCGR Community Benefit Statement
2006 VCGR Community Benefit Statement
2005 VCGR Community Benefit Statement

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

An article in the 23 February 2007 issue of the Melbourne Herald Sun revealed that this venue then had the highest revenue for individual club based machines where gamblers lost $1.23 million - about $123,000 a week. Click here to read the full article.

2005/06 pokie losses were $6,610,920 at $115,981 per pokie
2006/07 pokie losses were $6,736,510 at $118,184 per pokie
2007/08 pokie losses were $6,218,747 at $109,101 per pokie
2008/09 pokie losses were $6,500,124 at $114,037 per pokie

23 October Inspection Notes:

Regulation 17 player information talker on each pokie
The sign on pokie #46 was on the top box. 1 sign was placed opposite the animated reels. The remainder were placed so that the bottom of the sign was opposite the credit line at the top of the video face.

Visibility of ATM from Gaming Room
In the TAB section behind a wooden screen.

Distance of ATM from nearest pokie
11 paces

Visible posting of availability of Self-Exclusion facility
None. Blue VCGR sheet.

Number of Player Information Posters
5

Eating in Gaming Room
Yes. Pies and sandwich menu was a freestanding display on the bar.

Coffee / Tea service in Gaming Room
Available but not complimentary.

External Clock on Walls
Large Tattersall's clock on the cashier wall.

Visibility from Bistro Area
The whole premises including the TAB is one large room with the bar dividing the two areas. Pokies audible throughout and visible in all parts except for the very front of the TAB.

Kid's Play Area and promotion
None.

Do not leave children in vehicle signs/notices
On main entrance. Rex located in the strip shopping area of Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Gambler's Help notice/cards in toilet
Above the hand dryer in both mens and ladies areas. Card missing in men's toilet.

Posters in Gaming Room that promote non-gambling activities available in the venue?
There is no other activity in this venue other than gambling apart from an upstairs area. 8 posters all promote gambling.

General Comments
Brochure holder for regulation 18 brochures also contained promotional brochure for the 2007 piggy bank appeal which had expired over a year before.
7 year old girl observed in TAB section of the premises which has a joint entrance with the pokies room.
While it is possible that all patrons were members not a single person signed membership forms displayed in entry.
Premises strongly identified with ALH. Public service certificates on the wall mentioned ALH and not the football club. Schwarz poster was at front of the cashier although it was obscured by the brochure holder.