one licence.two hundred clubs.all of it, back in the game.
Club One holds South Australia’s only Special Club Licence — created so gaming machine revenue could be pooled and returned to the community clubs, sporting bodies and recreational groups the state runs on.
the clubhouse at dusk — where the money ends up.
the scoreboard.
2005 — present200+
clubs that have benefited since 2005
1
Special Club Licence, held for the whole sector
2005
established under the Gaming Machines Act
$0
surplus paid to shareholders
There are no shareholders. Every dollar of surplus flows back to the sector — by design, and by law.
pokies revenue, pooled once, given back everywhere.
Club One is the only holder of a Special Club Licence under South Australia’s Gaming Machines Act 1992. The licence exists so that revenue from Gaming Machine Entitlements can be pooled and redistributed — through grants, sponsorships, subsidised arrangements and loans — to the community clubs and recreational groups that need it most.
We are independent and not-for-profit. We answer to no single club, and we report annually to Parliament through the Minister of the day. That is the whole arrangement — and it has held since 2005.
no single club or body can direct club one’s affairs.
The governing principle, since 2005
three plays, one game plan.
Club One’s members are the peak bodies representing licensed clubs, sport and football in South Australia. As members of a not-for-profit, they are entitled to no financial benefit of any kind.
Form G-1 — grant application
grants are open.
Equipment, facilities, participation programs, training for volunteers and officials. Applications are assessed on merit by the Board, which meets monthly — and every applicant hears back in writing.
Vesting, hosting, parking or a grant — it all starts with a conversation. Write to us.