Geelong council could fight pokies expansion at Portarlington GC
The golf club has applied for approval to add an extra 10 machines to its existing 55-pokie facility, which has been in operation since 1994.
The extra gaming revenue would be used to carry out the second part of a $7.8m seven-stage master plan, which the club aims to complete over the next eight years.
Portarlington Golf Club CEO Ronald Stockdale said the extra machines would bankroll a $1.5m upgrade, which would see an extra 100 seats in a new bistro.
But their application is set to be contested by the City of Greater Geelong, with council officers determining that an increase in pokies would have a negative impact including a potential rise in problem gambling.
The issue will be considered by the council’s administrators next week, ahead of a Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation hearing on September 26.
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