Having worked in the big end of compliance and visiting the main big players in the back end of all pokies there is a known winner and its never the punter despite the turnover winnings to keep them the true believers punting despite the programming which 'ensures' they lose.
Fun fact - One of the biggest had back up power for backup power and protected circuits for protected circuits. A sparky cut a wire well outside of the protected circuit tripping the power and the back ups
Back to Country pubs. Some are making it. Most are struggling or long gone.
