Socrates2
Norm Smith Medallist
- Aug 11, 2015
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- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Banned
- #26
Poor argument, it's like saying there will always be crime so become a criminal. I don't think they just on sell their licence.Here's the thing, AFL clubs walking away from pokies is going to change absolutely nothing in terms of the number of people losing money on pokies. It just means some corporate gremlin will be raking in that money instead. Until the government makes serious changes with root causes of gambling, like a massive mental health drive, or even reintroducing the pre-commitment scheme that Gillard floated and then abandoned 9 years ago, there's really no point in the clubs walking away. They might as well profit if the social harm is going to be done anyway.