What Are Pokies?
What Are Pokies???
If you’ve just arrived in Australia, you’ll have no doubt heard the word pokies flying around the bars. There’s no denying it’s big business in the Australian hospitality industry. Most pubs/hotels around the major cities will have dedicated rooms to the mysterious “Pokies”.
So what are Pokies?
In the UK we call Pokies Fruit Machines or Slot Machines. As traditional gaming machines were about lining up your fruit to win cash prizes. In Australia they’re known as Pokies as a breakdown with double definition, Poker Machines and the fact you constantly poke them, hence the name Pokies.
When you do a Google search, without any doubt, you come up with some pretty great definitions, but if you’re in Australia and want to know what it is, they’re referring to slot machines.
Here’s a funny definitions we found from around the web.
Urban Dictionary
Features of Slot Machines
The visual displays of Australian pokies sometimes mimic the spinning of real reels, usually five in number. These games combine a number of features, including a large number of lines (up to 200) and a large number of ways to win (up to 3,125). Because of the layout, there is a wide variety of betting possibilities and possible winning combos. Symbols don’t need to land on certain paylines to win in multiway games; they may do so anywhere on the reels. Scatter symbols, which may win payouts in any place on the reels, are a popular gaming element.
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