This community club took extreme measures to kill off it's pokies.

The Hastings Club has entered liquidation as it couldn't break its pokies contracts. Located on the Mornington Peninsula, the club traces its history back to 1887 and supports local football, cricket, and netball teams. Social clubs in Victoria are locked into contracts to pay taxes, known as entitlements, to the state government for each gaming machine, which they find challenging, in addition to the pokies contracts.

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