And the 71-year-old is "absolutely positive" he has been organising the game for longer than anyone else in New Zealand.
He began his run on January 12, 1969, and since then the game has been supporting the Telex Cricket Club, then made up of post office telephone exchange employees.
The club now plays indoor cricket, and the money goes to a national annual competition, the Facer Cup.
In the 1980s, money went to providing a full cricket kit to every primary and secondary school in Otago and, over the years, had helped Otago Cricket, and been used for sponsorship.
Mr Adie, who is also the chairman of the Dunedin Ratepayers and Householders Association, said he did not know how much had been raised altogether, but it would be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"We used to bank $2500 a week. In later years, it's dropped off a bit."
Housie used to be held at Housie World, on a site now occupied by a car dealership in Princes St, and after being accommodated in various premises, it is now run from Cargill Enterprises in Hillside Rd.
It has been run every week for the 40 years, except when Christmas Day fell on housie day, Mr Adie said.
The main change in the 40 years was the speed of the game, with more games being packed in. Something that had not changed, however, was the particular habits of players.
"Housie people - they know exactly what they want; exactly which seat, exactly which table.
"Woe betide anybody that takes their seat or table."
Numbers attending in the past were as high as 300 a week and, although those had dwindled, there was still a loyal following, with 200 last Tuesday.
And while "it is an older person's thing", he said he was surprised at the number of younger people attending.
One major change recently was switching to a computer, instead of a human caller.
The computer - introduced four months ago - did the job in an Australian accent, but kept the traditional "legs 11" and "two fat ladies" calls, and selected the numbers.
