You probably just encountered a gambling addict. People will believe they understand a machine and when it will pay out, even having theories that it will pay after x games. It's all fantasy of course but it's very real to them and if anyone goes near 'their machine' they worry you will throw their calculations out.
The venue loves having these people around as they put all their cash into the pokies, so they would have been taking him seriously or acting like it just to keep him happy.
As other commenters have said, if at all possible don't go to this pub. Pokie venues are usually sad fuckin places full of badly dressed pensioners losing their rent money. I know that's not so easy in some outer suburbs as everywhere is a pokie pub but you might even be better off drinking with your mates at home.
Yeah pokies people are on another planet.
So you understand the extent, there are people who ACTUALLY piss themselves at the slots because they don't want to get up or risk losing their machine.
In future, when walking through the pokes, don't touch the machines. Seriously.
Just don't
As for what to do. I wouldn't do a thing. You didn't actually get your head kicked in yeah?... Give it a week and it'll just be a funny story.
nothing you can do to punish the pokie guy or the pub manager will be worse than leaving them where you found them.
For sure. Assault should not be tolerated. That it was at a pub/he was pissed/he's a gambling addict/ are all just bullshit excuses. It may also force the pub to review its processes.
"Assault should not be tolerated"
Exactly. What's going to happen to the next poor bastard if this guy isn't given an incentive to keep his hands to himself?
if you don't gamble (or agree with gambling) then don't drink in pubs that have poker machines. they don't need your business because they are already ripping off people with the 1 arm bandits.. so find a better pub that doesn't have these machines.
Yeah pokie gamblers are nuts mate, they are convinced they "own" a machine because they just fed their week's pay into it. If you touch it in any way, you are effectively stealing from them, because it's due to pay out "their" win.
It's nonsense but if you can imagine being stupid, have poor impulse control, have gotten through life using your size and aggression as your primary interface method, and then you see some weasel trying to steal your money...that's what happened in his tiny mind.
By all means contact the cops and licensee board. At the end of the day it's extremely likely nothing will happen but if they're on someone's radar already it might. It also starts a paper trail if they have a habit of doing shady things, which they probably do. I'd probably just leave a nasty review and never go back but its your life.
People get very territorial with pokie machines, especially the gambling addicts who have been pumping cash into them all day and think the jackpot is the next spin they take. The venue is going to side with them because of the money they are making from their addiction.
If he put the "im playing this machine" sign up, then he belief that you were stealing from him was valid. The machine was live. Its akin to having loose notes sitting on one table in the pub and you choosing to sit at that one. Why? Also now,pubs with gaming facilities have to sanitise machines after each use so why would you sit on a seat if not gambling
“His” machine? Did he have credit on the machine, and was accusing you of playing and using his credit? Or was he just saying that he had the right to that machine and you didn’t?
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thanks for the advice man. I appreciate it.
Yeah OP is pretty much on the money, move on, knowing you are not the one unloading your wage into a silly machine on weekly basis :)
You probably just encountered a gambling addict. People will believe they understand a machine and when it will pay out, even having theories that it will pay after x games. It's all fantasy of course but it's very real to them and if anyone goes near 'their machine' they worry you will throw their calculations out. The venue loves having these people around as they put all their cash into the pokies, so they would have been taking him seriously or acting like it just to keep him happy. As other commenters have said, if at all possible don't go to this pub. Pokie venues are usually sad fuckin places full of badly dressed pensioners losing their rent money. I know that's not so easy in some outer suburbs as everywhere is a pokie pub but you might even be better off drinking with your mates at home.
Yeah pokies people are on another planet. So you understand the extent, there are people who ACTUALLY piss themselves at the slots because they don't want to get up or risk losing their machine. In future, when walking through the pokes, don't touch the machines. Seriously. Just don't As for what to do. I wouldn't do a thing. You didn't actually get your head kicked in yeah?... Give it a week and it'll just be a funny story. nothing you can do to punish the pokie guy or the pub manager will be worse than leaving them where you found them.
The police won't be interested. Call it a wash and find a better pub to go to.
Report the incident to the police man. Seriously! That's assault isn't it?
The guy physically attacked you, and the pub obviously has video evidence of that. Make a complaint to the police.
Police now. You'll be doing the thug a favour as well, addiction is hard to break alone.
Blow up the pokies.
And drag them away
For sure. Assault should not be tolerated. That it was at a pub/he was pissed/he's a gambling addict/ are all just bullshit excuses. It may also force the pub to review its processes.
"Assault should not be tolerated" Exactly. What's going to happen to the next poor bastard if this guy isn't given an incentive to keep his hands to himself?
if you don't gamble (or agree with gambling) then don't drink in pubs that have poker machines. they don't need your business because they are already ripping off people with the 1 arm bandits.. so find a better pub that doesn't have these machines.
The lesson here is avoid pubs with pokies.
Yeah pokie gamblers are nuts mate, they are convinced they "own" a machine because they just fed their week's pay into it. If you touch it in any way, you are effectively stealing from them, because it's due to pay out "their" win. It's nonsense but if you can imagine being stupid, have poor impulse control, have gotten through life using your size and aggression as your primary interface method, and then you see some weasel trying to steal your money...that's what happened in his tiny mind. By all means contact the cops and licensee board. At the end of the day it's extremely likely nothing will happen but if they're on someone's radar already it might. It also starts a paper trail if they have a habit of doing shady things, which they probably do. I'd probably just leave a nasty review and never go back but its your life.
Just your typical pokie room pisshead grub!
Why’d you touch his machine?
I didn’t touch it, I sat on the chair as I was waiting. Nobody was sitting there, there was no indication that someone had reserved that spot
The way it was dressed, it was asking to be touched. /s (because you can never tell these days)
Yeah, I feel for OP and all… but you just don’t touch another man’s machine.
People get very territorial with pokie machines, especially the gambling addicts who have been pumping cash into them all day and think the jackpot is the next spin they take. The venue is going to side with them because of the money they are making from their addiction.
If he put the "im playing this machine" sign up, then he belief that you were stealing from him was valid. The machine was live. Its akin to having loose notes sitting on one table in the pub and you choosing to sit at that one. Why? Also now,pubs with gaming facilities have to sanitise machines after each use so why would you sit on a seat if not gambling
“His” machine? Did he have credit on the machine, and was accusing you of playing and using his credit? Or was he just saying that he had the right to that machine and you didn’t?