NSW will move to completely cashless poker machines and players will be required to register for a government-issued gambling card.
NSW will move to completely cashless poker machines and players will be required to register for a government-issued gambling card in the most significant gaming reforms in the state's history.
Senior cabinet minister Victor Dominello, who has responsibility for gambling, has crossbench support in the upper house for the changes, including from the Greens and One Nation's Mark Latham, to ensure the sweeping new laws can pass.NSW's 95,000 poker machines bring in $1 billion in state taxes each year and create as many as 100,000 jobs, including in sophisticated gaming machine manufacture.
Pubs and clubs have slammed the draft legislation released last week, warning measures such as facial recognition would cost the industry millions at a time when it can least afford it. The NSW Australian Hotels Association has also warned that pubs were already struggling to survive amid the pandemic and could not cope with expensive regulation.
But there are no sanctions for an individual or venue for breaching a banning order, and last year's NSW Gambling Survey showed that 92 per cent of excluded gamblers were successful in regaining entry to a venue. He said pubs and clubs played an important role in the community and were a "modern meeting place" that provided social support in the form of grants and donations."As a member of the taskforce to open up the NSW economy, I strongly advocated for an earlier opening of pubs and clubs as they provide employment for thousands of people," Mr Dominello said.
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