Especially in country towns I'd say ps I am totally neutral here, I do virtually all my drinking at home, if you can call 1-2 glasses of wine drinking
"While debate continues to rage around poker-machine policy and a controversial cashless gaming trial, some New South Wales publicans are showing they can defy the odds and survive without the drip feed of profits from punters. When Emma Reynolds and her husband Brendan bought a pub in Junee it came without poker machines, but that was a gamble the couple was prepared to take. "I want people to pull up a chair and get lost in a conversation, which is a bit of a lost art," Ms Reynolds said."[Our customers] have an environment where they feel safe, happy and want to have a good time." ABC
