Supermarket giant Coles has divested from poker machines in a move gambling reform advocates say places more pressure on Woolworths to follow. It also marks the beginning of the end of the major retailers' addiction to poker machine revenue, after Woolworths rival Coles Group Ltd said. Woolworths is set to cut and run from its poker machine business, announcing plans to combine its drinks and gambling arms into a separate. Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian multinational retail and finance company, primarily known for the operation of its retail chain Woolworths. . For years Woolworths has sought to distance itself from its growing poker machine empire, a business venture that each year delivers the. Coles has poker machines in venues in Queensland and South Australia, which Livingstone estimates took around $ million, based on. endeavour group.