Woolworths reveals plan to exit the poker machine business

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Breaking: Woolworths reveals plan to exit the poker machine business

Australia's largest retail group said on Wednesday it planned to combine its bottle shop and pubs businesses, Endeavour Drinks and ALH Group, with the intention to demerge or sell it in calendar 2020.

Woolworths says it planned to combine its drinks and hospitality business, Endeavour Drinks and ALH Group, with the idea to eventually demerge it.Woolworths owns a 75 per cent stake in ALH, which is Australia's largest operatator of poker machines with more than 12,000 across its 323 pubs and clubs. The risk to Woolworths' reputational from this business was highlighted last year, when it was revealed staff at ALH pubs were

 

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Yeah they bringing out an odds and evens as you go through checkouts instead re: racing nsw news

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They should close their poker machine business down not sell it ...achieves little other than burnishing their brand.😠

With the latest news of the selloffs Woolworths is planning, as my wife has put it, they will soon be no more than a corner store.

A pity the poker machines will not be trashed and the licences destroyed

they should put it all on red

Good

Stop calling yourself the 'Fresh food' people when I tender payment at an auto checkout. Really thanks for nothing, it's psycho!

I know! Maybe you should sell plastic bags!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I wish they would blow them all up

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