The Dorset Gardens Hotel in Melbourne's East already makes around $20 million a year from poker machines, the most of any venue in its local area.
But to be considered for a bank loan for a renovation of the pub, it's been told to install eight more.
The Eastern Melburnian's Matthew Sims breaks down how ANZ tied a $6 million loan to an increase in poker machines, and why the local council's objection seemed to go nowhere.