Big heated conversation in the pub last night – what is it better to play: Pokies, Keno or have a punt at the TAB!?
We obviously said pokies but ONLY if they are online!
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- Huge Online Pokie Jackpot!
- Queen or King?
- Has Pokie Spend Peaked?
- Pokie Ban Causes Outrage!
- More Pokies for Brighton Pub
- More news on $1 Pokie limits
- $1 Cap for Pub Pokies?!
- Million Dollar Pokie Winner!
- How to Win on the Pokies
- Glenn Stewart Plays Pokies
- Policeman pisses in Pokie room!
- Pressure on pokies giant Woolworths
- Five Pyramids on Queen of the Nile
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Introducing POLi
Pokie Banking
All pokie players know that banking is a major part of getting started when it comes to joining a new casino and depositing funds.
There are a wide range of options available to the average player who wants to join a casino with Deposit and Free Play bonuses on offer as well as different banking options.
Read on to find out about the most secure way of doing your pokie banking.
What is the best way to deposit funds securely?
There is exciting news afoot when it comes to pokie banking. POLi, the internet banking specialists with a superb reputation in online security, have teamed up with one of the web’s most experienced and trusted casino brands – The Palace Group.
Their casinos now offer players the chance to use the cutting edge payment facilities of POLi which means that players can deposit funds directly from their bank accounts. This helps players to keep their account information confidential and gives players the chance to keep track of exactly how much they are playing with.
Account balances are available as well as detailed receipts for all casino deposits.
What features does it have?
POLi is easy to download and simple to use, it works with any of the major banks in Australia including Westpac, Bankwest, St George, ANZ, NAB, Bank of Queensland, Suncorp, and Commonwealth Bank.
The system is completely free to use and links in seamlessly with your own internet banking account to deliver a smooth and secure banking experience that benefits both the casino and you.
Of course playing online at a casino security is one of the first things that players think of before joining a casino or depositing funds. Playing at any Palace Group Casino is now even more secure than ever before thanks to the advanced safety features of the POLi system.
Leading independent web security experts VeriSign have put the system through its paces and found it to be resistant to all common internet threats with complex coding practices that ensure the system has no known vulnerabilities.
Perhaps one of the best features about the system is that it fills in all of the details of the transaction for you. Being so quick and easy to use the POLi system takes all of the hassle out of depositing funds letting you get on with what you do best – playing winning pokies!
Next time you deposit funds for pokies why not try using the POLi system and join the payment revolution that makes depositing, quick, easy and efficient? It really is one of the best and most secure systems currently available to players.
More Pokies!
Good news if you live in nearby! The Shire of Campaspe has approved an application for an extra 18 poker machines at the Echuca Hotel.
It will take the number of poker machines in the shire to 158, well within the Victorian Government’s per capita limits.
But concerns have been raised that the state cap does not take into account the number of machines that are accessible across the border in Moama.
Mayor Peter Williams says the council decided last night to develop its own policy on gaming machines.
“We have a large number [of poker machines] just over the … [border] in New South Wales and that hasn’t been considered in the Victorian calculations and so our policy needs to give consideration not just to the Victorian rules but the impacts on the region that goes interstate as well,” he said.
OnlinePokies Growth!
Well, this website, OnlinePokies.com.au, has grown to become the most popular website in Australia to discuss and play pokies! Congratulations to us 
Happy New Year!
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Job Losses?
This is disturbing. NSW clubs and hotels have warned they will be forced to lay off hundreds of staff if the Federal Government adopts recommendations aimed at imposing further controls on gambling. Potentially, hundreds of employees will lose their jobs if Kevin Rudd and co push with additional controls for pokie players.
The warnings follow criticism by the NSW Government of the recommendations, which have been put forward by the Productivity Commission. The recommendations suggest tightening controls over gambling at existing venues while at the same time opening the way for more online gambling.
Huge Online Pokie Jackpot!
The jackpot at one of our favourite online pokie machines, Mega Moolah, has risen to $1.2 million dollars overnight.
Hang on, let’s just say that again.
$1.2 MILLION DOLLARS!
That’s a ridiculous amount of money to win on a pokie machine. You simply can’t get that kind of jackpot playing pokies in your local pub! Oh, but the way, you can also claim $1000 completely free to have a go at winning the life changing jackpot through us. How? Easy – just CLICK HERE
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Queen or King?
We were having a huge debate down the pub last night about which pokie is better – Queen of the Nile or King of the Nile……
Our personal choice was Queen of the Nile because we think that you get features more often. This kinda makes sense as King of the Nile offers a repeat feature if you’re not happy with the returns from your first feature. This is nice, but surely it means that the features will be less frequent?
No doubt about it, KOTN is a great machine, but old Queenie still is favourite in our hearts. Please note, before we get loads of letters from Pokies players around Australia, we are not condoning playing pokies in pubs, that’s mad. Playing online is a million times better.
So, what are your thoughts? King of the Nile or Queen of the Nile? You can read our specific pages on Queen of the Nile HERE, or King of the Nile HERE.
Has Pokie Spend Peaked?
The Centre for Economic Studies says demand for poker machines in South Australia appears to have peaked. This is interesting news as the eagerly-awaited report hasn’t shown any unusual results, despite many experts saying pokies revenue would fall.
It has released a gambling database to give annual information on the number of gaming machines, venues, gambling expenditure and tax revenue for South Australian local government areas. Senior researcher Anthony Kosturjak says the centre has taken data from the Liquor and Gambling Commissioner’s office and put it into a user-friendly format to measure poker machine trends over time.
“One of the interesting things is that it does seem adult expenditure across most regions has stopped rising now in about 2005, so it looks like, I suppose, the market has saturated and reached maturity,” he said.
We still think people that play pokies in their local pub are MAD! Why? Find out here.
Pokie Ban Causes Outrage!
This is an interesting story appearing in The Australian….
“THE rural township of Romsey is a pretty, quiet and gentle place,” observed Kevin Bell, president of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, as he ruled that the town’s only hotel should not be allowed to install poker machines.
Quiet it might have been, but not in the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s decision.
As Macedon Ranges Shire Mayor John Letchford and his supporters celebrated a decision hailed as a landmark in the fight against pokies, drinkers emerged to vent their anger, accusing the shire of depriving them of freedom of choice.
Standing on the hotel veranda, Rex Creed, a committee member of most sports clubs in the town over the years, demanded to know how pokies differed from the 15 TAB screens in the pub, why Romsey should be different from neighbouring towns that had pokies, and who would now provide the stimulus that might have flowed from publican Jim Hogan’s plans for a major renovation to go with 30 machines.
In heated scenes, Mr Letchford, a police sergeant, replied that poker machines took away people’s “hopes and prayers”, said most people in the town were opposed to the machines – although a plebescite taken several years ago remains a subject of controversy – and said the shire’s victory was being applauded nationwide.
Ending five years of legal battles, Judge Bell said that under amended Victorian gambling legislation giving residents a direct say on gaming machines, approval for new gaming premises or more machines could only be given if the net economic and social impact was not deemed detrimental to the wellbeing of the municipal community.
He said that in three surveys in 2005 and last year, a “substantial part” of the community, 65km north of Melbourne, had expressed strong opposition to poker machines and, although the machines would probably have a slightly positive economic impact, the likely social impact would be strongly negative.
Senator Nick Xenophon, who previously stood in the South Australian parliament for the No Pokies Party, said the decision was a victory for people power.