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Pokies launch Qld clubs into new era (1991)

November 24, 2012

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... but their introduction sparks mixed reactions
Flashback to Variety Today, 1991
By Steve Pattrick

THE year of the poker machine for Queensland has arrived. After lengthy delays through government legislation and legal loops which have dragged on since last July, poker machines are almost here.

Almost all clubs in Queensland are geared up for them, have been for a year and, with the February legislation and current tendering and training the only hold-ups, we can expect the first machines to be rolling their reels in May, 1992.

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