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A species of gambling machine rumoured to exist west of the Nullarbor, but actually rarer than a FIFO bloke who doesn’t own a jet-ski. In Perth, the only “pokies” you’ll find are scratchies from the servo—tiny cardboard disappointment tiles you frantically scrape like a desperate tradie trying to remove evidence before the missus gets home. Unlike the rest of Australia—where pubs are basically childcare centres for adults who love button-mashing—Perth bans pokies everywhere except the casino. So locals make do with scratchies
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