A claim by a pro-poker machine group that Anzac Day events would be cancelled at a suburban RSL if Labor's gambling policy is implemented in Tasmania has been blasted as a "sensationalist, partisan exploitation" of the memory of those who served their country.

A Facebook video from a Tasmanian pro-pokies group, featuring an elderly returned serviceman's emotional plea, claims Anzac Day events will be cancelled under a plan to remove gaming machines from pubs.

Veteran Ted Wilson features in the video. ( Facebook: Love Your Local )

But the video's message has been refuted by the RSL, with the state president saying commemorative services on April 25 "won't be affected".

The video was posted on the Love Your Local Facebook page — a page for what is described as a "grassroots organisation, formed by the 100 pubs and clubs in Tasmania" that say they will be "impacted" by the policy announced by Labor that, if elected, would strip pokies from pubs and clubs by 2023, confining them to casinos.

The two-and-a-half minute video tells the story of 74-year-old Ted Wilson, who says he has been visiting the Glenorchy RSL, in Hobart's northern suburbs, since 1981.

"If the RSL closes it would mean my life, because I come here six days a week to be with my friends rather than sit at home by myself," Mr Wilson says in the video.

Glenorchy RSL president John Chivers also appears in the video, stating if pokies are removed his club will be forced to close due to a loss of revenue.

"Anzac Day would no longer exist in Glenorchy," Mr Chivers says in the clip.

The Tasmanian Liberals announce their gaming policy outside the Glenorchy RSL in January. ( ABC News: David Hudspeth )

But RSL state president Terry Roe guaranteed Anzac Day services would continue, no matter which party wins power at the March state election.

"I've got no concerns whatsoever," he said.

"I can assure that the commemorative services would always continue to be conducted, despite whatever outcome of the state election in March."

Ex-Navy Lambie candidate demands apology

The reference to Anzac Day has been slammed by a candidate for the Jacqui Lambie Network, Michelle Hoult.

"As a proud returned servicewoman, I am disgusted at the comments from Glenorchy RSL President John Chivers," Ms Hoult said in a statement.

Ms Hoult, a former Leading Seaman in the Royal Australian Navy, said she was "deeply offended that Anzac day is being held to ransom by Mr Chivers over pokies".

The candidate for the seat of Bass said it was "an utter nonsense" to suggest that Anzac Day was "somehow dependent on pokies to continue to exist" and called on Mr Chivers to apologise.

"It is appalling that Mr Chivers, who heads an RSL branch supposedly dedicated to returned servicemen and women, would politicise the day on which we reflect and pay homage to the memory of their friends and colleagues that never made it home."

"I have no doubt that every Tasmanian, in particular our veterans, would join me in demanding an immediate apology from Mr Chivers for his sensationalist, partisan exploitation of Anzac Day."

Ms Hoult also called on Premier Will Hodgman, Labor Leader Rebecca White and Greens Leader Cassy O'Connor to "condemn these comments without reservation".

The Love Your Local video has also raised the ire of community group which is part of a "gambling coalition" campaigning to "remove or reduce poker machines in Tasmania".

Jonathon Bedloe, from Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania, said the "use of Anzac Day as a political tool is beyond reproach".

"I think Anzac Day is bigger and more important than a debate about poker machines," Mr Bedloe said.

"It shouldn't be brought into the debate. I think it's highly inappropriate."

Following the release of Labor's election promise, the Liberals outlined their gambling policy, which keeps machines in venues, but revises arrangements around licensing and the carve-up of revenue.

The debate over the future of gambling in the state has seen Federal Group - owner of Tasmania's only two casinos - launch a campaign against the Labor plan, with the backing of the state's hospitality group, who say jobs will be lost.