Let’s start with the basics. Pokies are known as many things around the world. Fruit machines is a common term for them in the UK, whereas the Aussies simply call them pokies or slots, as do the Americans, while the Japanese refer to them as pachFoislo. As you can see, essentially, pokies are slot machines, all based around the fun pastime of gambling. Visit any casino and you will see row after row of these, with punters often queuing up to play and enjoying games for hours on end - such is the user-friendly popularity of pokies around the world.
Everything about our bodies has evolved to run. While we’re not the fastest animals, human beings are the best long-distance runners on earth. A huge amount of our success as a species comes from our ancestor's ability to chase large prey across the plains, literally running them to exhaustion.
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