{"id":130,"date":"2021-04-29T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kiwigambler.co.nz\/article\/?p=130"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:32:47","slug":"why-pokies-are-called-pokies-and-not-slots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kiwigambler.co.nz\/article\/why-pokies-are-called-pokies-and-not-slots","title":{"rendered":"Why Pokies Are Called Pokies and Not Slots?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In New Zealand and its neighbour country Australia, slots machine games are known as pokies. Well, there is not much difference between pokies and slots. If players from other countries might find it confusing when they visit NZ casino or play at NZ online casino. Some might even consider pokies as video poker games, but there are no similarities between them. The past events show that slots machine games were introduced as poker machine games at the beginning of the twentieth century in Australia. Since New Zealand and Australia have many things in common (for instance, flags), this casino game has remained pokies among the users here. Thus, the poker game machine became a pokie game, and slots became pokies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pokies enjoy great popularity worldwide, but NZ players have a special love for them. Most online casinos and land-based casinos offer these games in multiple varieties. Mobile pokies have also become a new trend with the introduction of mobile casinos. In this article, we will discuss how slots have become pokies in our country and what are the fundamental difference between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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