NSW Labor will reduce the amount of poker machines across the state, introduce a cash input limit of $500 and ban 'VIP lounge' signs if elected in March.
Opposition leader Chris Minns said a trial was critical to assess how clubs and pubs could afford the new cashless technology without any impact on the 127,000 people employed by the industry."I said from the outset this is a complicated policy area and we needed an evidenced based approach to make sure any measures we introduced would work and wouldn't have any unintended consequences," Mr Minns said.
"Labor is leading the way — from today Labor will not accept donations from clubs with gaming machines. The Liberals and Nationals should make the same commitment. And if we win — it'll be law," Mr Minns said.The party has also pledged to ban signage such as "VIP Lounge" which promotes areas where people can use gaming machines, from all venues.
On top of this, Labor said from July 1 it would reduce cash feed-in limits for pokies to $500, a tenfold reduction from the current limit of $5,000.
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