poker machine

poker machine noun: an electronic machine used to play poker.

Noun

poker machine (plural poker machines)

(US) An electronic machine used to play poker.
- He didn′t always play the same poker machine, but he never went to the tables where he would have to interact with a live dealer. In fact, he usually stuck to the row of poker machines closer to the back door.2007, Max Allan Collins, Double Dealer: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Mortal Wounds, page 119
- Even better, there are some video poker machines — admittedly, they′re very hard to find — that actually offer favorable odds if you play perfectly.2007, Mary Herczog, Las Vegas for Dummies, page 177
(Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slot machine.
- In New South Wales poker machines were legalized in clubs in 1956.1973, Francis Keble Crowley, Modern Australia in Documents: 1939-1970, page 351
- Lotteries, horse-racing and poker machines loom large in the life experience of many Australians.1974, Donald Ernest Edgar, Social Change in Australia: Readings in Sociology, page 23
Synonyms:

slot machine

Even there, you see poker machines placed in the bar counter to greet you.2010, Marina Milicevic, Vegas Dealer, page 19:
At that time Ainsworth had been manufacturing and selling poker machines in NSW for nineteen years.1991, Queensland Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Papers, volume 4, page 303:
He approached people who were not in the criminal world, including his poker machine attendant, to acquire firearms or arrange hitmen for him.2008, Malcolm Brown, editor, Cold Blooded Murder: True Crimes That Rocked Australia, unnumbered page:
I was also shocked that the poker machines (which we call pokies back home) were on full display, as in Australia, they legally have to be in a separate room.2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star:

plural	poker machines

What does poker machine mean?: Poker machine means an electronic machine used to play poker.
How do you use poker machine in a sentence?: Even there, you see poker machines placed in the bar counter to greet you.
What part of speech is poker machine?: Poker machine is a noun.
What is the plural of poker machine?: The plural of poker machine is poker machines.

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