pokie
/ˈpəʊki
/noun (plural pokies) Australian
A fruit machine.Whenever we go with my parents to a bistro with pokies, or the casino, (thankfully, not often), they give me a dollar or five with which to play....
- Experiment with a combination of pokies and jackpot strippers.
- Well they used to be called one-armed bandits - the pokies.
Origin
1960s: from poker machine, a type of fruit machine on which playing-card symbols appear.