poker machine
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He said he had been uncomfortable in his previous role as state treasurer "profiting off other people's misery" by collecting poker machine taxes.
From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2023
The NSW poker machine industry has amassed the most "pokies", as they are called in Australia, of any jurisdiction outside Nevada and the state's powerful pubs and clubs lobby has significant influence over political leaders.
From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2023
Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather won $101,250 after betting $25 per hand on a 10-hands-per-play poker machine at a Las Vegas Casino.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2018
In 1898, Charles Fey developed the poker machine into the Liberty Bell machine, the first true slot with three reels and a coin payout.
From The Verge • May 6, 2015
In one corner a fat man sat upright before a video poker machine.
From Joe Burke's Last Stand by Wetterau, John Moncure
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