Clubs hold bad hand in pokie game - 2004-02-20
Poker machines at Star City win at least half a million dollars from gamblers each day.
Each machine at the casino wins $133,738 a year, more than three times as much as one in a club, and more than double the amount of a pokie in an average hotel, according to information obtained by the Herald under freedom of information laws.
Star City pays 13.41 per cent tax on its poker machine revenue - less, on average, than hotels and clubs, even before their pokie tax increase which will be phased in later this year.
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