Woolworths is buying more heavily into the liquor market in Australia.
Its pub and bottle shop company ALH Group is taking out long-term leases on 31 pubs located across New South Wales.
The ABC reports Woolworths already operates 27 pubs in NSW.
ALH Group is also Australia's largest poker machine operator and this boosts its ownership of pokie machines to almost 13,000 nationwide.
Spokesman David Curry says it has invested in pubs with good trade potential as well as their gaming capabilities.
