Poker Machine, 1929

This Poker Machine is an unusual “pokie” because the odds of achieving three of a kind could be influenced by pressing the buttons at the top to stop the individual wheels. Many of this type of machine and others made in the U.S. were used in clubs in NSW from 1920-1950s.

Called a “Mills Jackpot Reserve” and nicknamed “Poinsetta,” this gambling machine has 20 symbols, but only every second one can stop in pay window. The buttons on top enable the player to stop the reels and therefore gave the machine a skill factor, thus giving it legal status at the time.

It is illegal for private individuals to own or operate gambling machines.

Poker Machine, 1929

• Title:                     Poker Machine
• Date:                     1929
• Place Made:         Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
• Manufacturer:     Mills Novelty Co
• Materials:             Metals, Wood
• Dimensions:         630 x 390 x 375
• Museum:              Queensland Police Museum

A Tour of the Queensland Police Museum

• Australian Native Police Uniform
• Bandolier
• Poker Machine, 1929
• United Nations Cap

A Tour of Museums in Brisbane

• Queensland Art Gallery
• Queensland Museum & Science Center
• MacArthur Museum Brisbane
• RD Milns Antiquities Museum
• Queensland Maritime Museum
• Commissariat Store, Brisbane
• Queensland Police Museum

A Tour of Museums  in Australia

• Museums in Sydney
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Australian Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Museum of Sydney
  • Powerhouse Museum
  • Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
  • Nicholson Museum
  • Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
  • Museum of Fire

• Museums in Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Shrine of Remembrance
  • Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Sports Museum
  • Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Chinese Museum, Melbourne
  • Jewish Museum of Australia

• Museums in Canberra
  • National Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery

• Museums in Brisbane
  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Queensland Museum & Science Center
  • MacArthur Museum Brisbane
  • RD Milns Antiquities Museum
  • Queensland Maritime Museum
  • Commissariat Store, Brisbane
  • Queensland Police Museum

• Museums in Perth
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • WA Shipwrecks Museum
  • Perth Mint
  • WA Maritime Museum
  • Fremantle Prison

• Museums in Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • South Australian Museum
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide

• Museums in Hobart
  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

• Museums in Darwin
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Darwin Military Museum
  • Australian Aviation Heritage Center

Australian Proverbs and Quotes

• Australian Proverbs and Quotes
• Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes

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“The police are the public, and the public are the police.”
– Robert Peel

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Photo Credit: JOM