Is this the greatest NRL season ever and possibly best season in 30-35 years?

[Damien]

The money flowing about in the NRL is just something else:

 

 

[Dunbar]

$50M from poker machines from just one NRL club is enormous.

[Copa]

15 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

$50M from poker machines from just one NRL club is enormous.

Last time I checked the Raiders have over 800 machines and each one makes $30k to $50k profit per year.
 

They also make a lot of money on property investments. https://www.afr.com/property/commercial/raiders-boot-property-goal-with-56m-bunnings-sale-20201211-p56msb

Edited January 30 by Copa

[Dunbar]

4 minutes ago, Copa said:

Last time I checked the Raiders have over 800 machines and each one makes $30k to $50k profit per year.

It would be hard to think of another income stream with the profit margin of a poker machine.

[The Rocket]

11 hours ago, Dunbar said:

It would be hard to think of another income stream with the profit margin of a poker machine.

Drugs.

[Dunbar]

6 minutes ago, The Rocket said:

Drugs.

I would imagine so at the gross profit level but probably not at the operating profit as the pharmaceutical industry has a large R&D element that gambling doesn't.

[The Rocket]

11 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

I would imagine so at the gross profit level but probably not at the operating profit as the pharmaceutical industry has a large R&D element that gambling doesn't.

True, and those little bags don`t pack themselves.

[gingerjon]

19 hours ago, Dunbar said:

$50M from poker machines from just one NRL club is enormous.

Australia's endemic gambling addiction.

[Sports Prophet]

1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

Australia's endemic gambling addiction.

It’s a problem few are willing to highlight and one which even less are willing to address.

[Damien]

South Sydney and without poker machines:

Edited January 31 by Damien

[Copa]

1 hour ago, Sports Prophet said:

It’s a problem few are willing to highlight and one which even less are willing to address.

It’s a major Australian cultural blind spot … we’re as blind as the US is to their gun problems.

[Kayakman]

50 minutes ago, Copa said:

It’s a major Australian cultural blind spot … we’re as blind as the US is to their gun problems.

I must admit that when I moved to Australia and lived there for awhile it was the first thing I noticed...gambling everywhere, gambling on everything...it struck my wife and my whole family as odd.

Areas in the UK also have the problem and, I hate to admit it, increasingly areas of Canadian society as well, with the take off of pro line betting on all sports.

It is a disease.

[EggFace]

35 minutes ago, Kayakman said:

I must admit that when I moved to Australia and lived there for awhile it was the first thing I noticed...gambling everywhere, gambling on everything...it struck my wife and my whole family as odd.

Areas in the UK also have the problem and, I hate to admit it, increasingly areas of Canadian society as well, with the take off of pro line betting on all sports.

It is a disease.

Maybe for another thread but how do bookies stay open in the UK as I pass 4 in my near town and they are always empty unlike the set up in Australia which has League clubs, bars, restaurants and sports clubs.

[Kayakman]

23 hours ago, EggFace said:

Maybe for another thread but how do bookies stay open in the UK as I pass 4 in my near town and they are always empty unlike the set up in Australia which has League clubs, bars, restaurants and sports clubs.

You are asking the wrong fella...I'm not a gambling man...I learned my lesson on that one a long time ago.

[Damien]

Next season is building to be even better:

Newcastle Knights Membership number has reached 24,179, smashing the previous record of 21,685 by 2,494 members.