Top pokies venues in Canberra and the ACT Published February 19, 2017Updated December 06 , 2020 While Casino Canberra might be notoriously pokies-free (for now), there are dozens of clubs and hotels in Australia’s capital city that are licensed to operate poker machines and other electronic gambling games. Find out where you can enjoy a flutter on the one-armed bandits in and around the ACT. Poker machines at Casino Canberra Slots, called pokies in Australia, are synonymous with casino gambling. They dominate the main floors of Crown Casino in Melbourne and Perth, The Star in Sydney, The Treasury in Brisbane, Adelaide Casino – every major gaming venue in the country. Casino Canberra is the sole exception. Ever since the venue’s founding in 1994, Australian Capital Territory gambling laws have prohibited it from operating poker machines and other slot-style games. This is mainly to protect the territory’s licensed clubs and pubs, which rely heavily on revenue from gaming. That situation is set to change. After years of fruitless lobbying, in 2016 an agreement was reached that will see the casino’s license amended to cater for up to 200 pokies. There will be no change to the ACT’s cap on the number of active gaming machines, however, which means the casino will have to purchase them from existing pokies venues. Where to pokies games in Canberra There are dozens of ACT pokie venues, most of which are situated in or around the Canberra CBD. These licensed gaming clubs and hotels are all within easy reach of the city centre: ACT Rugby Union Club 51 Blackall Street, Barton Canberra Club 45 West Row, Canberra Canberra Bowling Club 38 National Circuit, Forrest Canberra City Bowling Club Elder Street, Braddon Canberra Deakin Football Club 2 Grose Street, Deakin Canberra Irish Club 6 Parkinson Street, Weston Canberra Labor Club Chandler Street, Belconnen Canberra Racing Club Randwick Road, Lyneham Canberra Tradesmen’s Union Club 2 Badham Street, Dickson City Labor Club 16 Petrie Plaza, Canberra Civic Pub 8 Lonsdale Street, Braddon Eastlake Football Club 16 Oxley Street, Griffith Hellenic Club of Canberra Matilda Street, Phillip Kingston Hotel 73 Canberra Avenue, Griffith Mercure Canberra Cnr Ainslie & Limestone Avenue, Braddon Magpies City Sports Club Lowe Ground Level Garema Centre, Canberra National Press Club of Australia 16 National Circuit, Barton Southern Cross Club 92-96 Corinna Street, Woden Spanish Australian Club 5 Narupi Place, Narrabundah More ACT pokies and nearby NSW venues While most of the ACT’s pokies clubs are based in central Canberra and the inner suburbs, there are a smattering of venues a little further out of town. Those who are happy to cross the border into New South Wales will find more options still in nearby towns such as Queanbeyan and Yass. Calwell Club 1 Were Street, Calwell Gungahlin Lakes Club 110 Gundaroo Drive, Nicholls Raiders Gungahlin 23 Hibberson Street, Gungahlin Town Centre Sports Club Cnr Athllon Drive & Rowland Rees Crescent, Greenway Queanbeyan Bowling Club Cnr Campbell Street and George Street, Queanbeyan Queanbeyan Leagues Club 164 Monaro Street, Queanbeyan Yass Soldiers Club 86 Meehan Street, Yass Play real money pokies online While there are plenty of land-based pokies options in Canberra and its surrounds, there are even more on the World Wide Web. The best online casinos carry hundreds of real money pokies from top providers such as Net Entertainment, Microgaming, Betsoft, Play’n Go, Quickspin, Thunderkick and Yggdrasil. SlotsMillion.com – There is no better casino site for Australian pokies players. 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