[Maurice R. Kelly]

On Jan 20, Patrick Collins wrote:

> Hello list.
> 
> Sorry to clutter us up with NMOC but was listening to some Whitlams recently 
> (excellent by the way) and was wondering if any of you in Oz can tell me 
> what a "Pokie" is (as in "Blow up the Pokies").

I'm not in Oz, but from extensive research (i.e. years of watching Aussie
TV programs) I'd say a "pokie" is a poker machine, or generally gambling
machine - to tie in with the Oils, I think pokies got mentioned around the 
time 20KW RSL came out, as, IIRC, you get a lot of gambling machines in
the RSL clubs.

HTH

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Maurice R. Kelly
mkelly@deadheart.org.uk