pokies

  • 1pokies — Poker machines. Pokies are coin or card operated. The punter presses a button or pulls a lever to spin the wheel, and the machine pays out, if you re lucky, according to the combination of symbols that appear on the wheel. Known as slot machines… …

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  • 2Pokies — (usually used in the plural) 1. poker machine; 2. gambling slot machine; 3. fruit machine …

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  • 3pokies — Australian Slang (usually used in the plural) 1. poker machine; 2. gambling slot machine; 3. fruit machine …

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  • 4pokies — n. (Informal) slot machine (Australian and New Zealand usage) …

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  • 5No Pokies — Nick Xenophon in September 2008. No Pokies is an independent South Australian Legislative Council ticket that contested the 1997, 2002, and 2006 statewide legislative council elections. Poker machines or pokies are the Australian version of slot… …

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  • 6Blow Up the Pokies — Infobox Single Name = Blow Up the Pokies Artist = The Whitlams from Album = Love This City Released = 2000 Format = CD single Recorded = Genre = Piano rock Length = 3:27 Label = Writer = Tim Freedman, Greta Gertler Producer = Chart position =… …

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  • 7Macedon Range Shire Council Electronic Gaming Machine Policy — The grant, transfer and addition of poker machine licenses in the State of Victoria continues to attract public interest. The Shire of Macedon Ranges Council s Electronic Gaming Machine (Pokies) Community Policy has evolved as a result of direct… …

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  • 8Nick Xenophon — Senator Nick Xenophon Senator for South Australia Incumbent …

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  • 9Victorian state election campaign, 2006 — This article is about the campaigns of contesting political parties and independent candidates for the 2006 Victorian State election in Australia in chronological sequence from the pre election phoney campaign through the official election… …

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  • 10South Australian state election, 2006 — The final results for the House of Assembly seats were 28 Labor, 15 Liberal, three independents and one National. First preference and two party preferred statistics for each district are available through the South Australian House of Assembly… …

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