WHEN they first arrived in South Australia on July 25, 1994, poker machines immediately killed off a thriving little tourism industry known as “the pokies tours”. Those who were keen to revel in the heady thrill of legally pursuing a form of gambling that was illegal at home could take an organised poker machine tour […]
![On The (Pokies) Buses and Trains Off for a fun weekend. People about to board a bus to take them to a daytrip pokies tour to the Coomealla Memorial Club in Dareton, in 1983.](https://www.adelaiderememberwhen.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pokies-Bus-Tour-300x200.jpg)