Where's the Gold pokie machine: the venues that list it and the rules in each state

Venues that name it online

4 (WA 1, QLD 1, SA 2)

Versions approved in Victoria, 2022–2025

7: Cash Express Luxury Line and Jackpot Carnival Deluxe

Crown Perth maximum bet

$10 a play on the main gaming floor

Pubs and clubs maximum bet

$5 in VIC, QLD, SA, TAS, NT; $10 in NSW and the ACT

Western Australia

Crown Perth only, carded play

Checked

28 September 2026

The four venues that name it

Venue lists change with every floor refresh, and the two tavern pages are more than a year old in places. Call ahead before you drive to Port Pirie for one machine.

Crown Perth in detail

Crown Perth’s approved rules for the authorised game “Video Bingo” list “Where’s the Gold (Aristocrat Variations 01 - 07, 99)” [2]. Two rules from the same document matter at the machine: “No bet for any Play on any Electronic Gaming Machine on the Main Gaming Floor may exceed, in aggregate, $10”, and the note acceptor stops taking money once the credit meter is over $100 [2].

You also need a card to play. “To play Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs) all guests at Crown Perth Casino are required to have an updated, valid Crown Rewards Membership Card” [3], and the card only works once you’ve set your time and loss limits.

Where else you might find it

We checked the gaming pages of about 30 more casinos, clubs and pubs, including The Star Sydney and Brisbane, Crown Melbourne, SkyCity Adelaide, Mindil Beach, Lasseters, The Reef, The Ville, Wrest Point, Country Club and Casino Canberra. None of them names Where’s the Gold online, which says more about how rarely venues list their games than about what’s on their floors.

Victoria is the best example. None of the Victorian venue pages we read mentions the game, yet the regulator’s records show seven approvals between 2022 and 2025: Cash Express Luxury Line versions (standalone, SAP and linked) and Jackpot Carnival Deluxe versions (standalone and linked) [7]. If you’re in Victoria, a Where’s the Gold you find today is most likely one of those two newer games. The Aristocrat page shows how to tell them apart.

The rules at the machine, state by state

Minimum returns by state, from 85% to 90%, are on the RTP guide.

What’s changing on club floors

• Western Australia: every player at Crown Perth’s machines needs a Crown Rewards card with time and loss limits set [3], and every game there must be certified to return at least 90% [10].
• Victoria: since 1 December 2025, pubs and clubs load no more than $100 at a time, and machine types approved from that date can’t run a game faster than one every three seconds [9].
• NSW: a reform package announced on 25 August 2026 includes a statewide self-exclusion register with facial recognition at venue entries, expected in 2028, and a ban on VIP programs [11].
• ACT: the government plans mandatory account-based cashless play with loss limits, a 15-minute break after every hour of play, and new closing hours from 1 July 2027 [12].

Before you go looking

Where’s the Gold is one of dozens of Aristocrat games on a floor, and a machine carrying the name may run the classic, the Cash Express Luxury Line version or the Jackpot Carnival Deluxe version. The paytable screen on the machine tells you which. If you’d like to learn the feature first, it’s free to play in two apps: see free play.

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