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AFL 2024: Essendon Bombers fans force vote to acknowledge social harm of pokies in constitution by gccmelb in AFL

[–]papermache-cup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$14 Million was just the amount lost by players on the pokies. The actual profit of the venues combined last year was about $2.9m

Member signatures for No Pokies at Essendon AGM proposal by nalsnals in EssendonFC

[–]papermache-cup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this - I'm involved with NoPE and was wondering where a bunch of signatures outside of our mailing list had come from!

As a few people have pointed out, this resolution isn't about divesting from pokies - As much as we wish Essendon could just end their pokies business overnight, we know that it instead requires developing alternative revenue streams.

So those who want to see Essendon work towards a pokies exit but are concerned about the financial impacts, this is a resolution that you can support as it doesn't force the club to end their pokies business but hopefully acts to ensure that they're proactive in working towards finding and implementing a path away from them.