Greg Melick tells Radio National Breakfast he personally supports the Perrottet government's plan to mandate gaming cards.
abc.net.au/news/rsl-australia-president-supports-nsw-cashless-poker-machines/101831442The president of RSL Australia says he supports the NSW government's push for mandatory cashless poker machines, accusing the group that operates RSL clubs of giving the brand a bad name.
Mr Melick has threatened to split with the Association over its anti-gaming reform stance, accusing the body of drumming up "unfortunate publicity" beyond his control. He said pokies caused harm and aided money laundering, but there were no statistics available on the impact of gambling on returned veterans.The Perrottet government wants to stop gamers from using cash at any of the 90,000 pokie machines across the state and force them to upload money onto a gaming card, in a bid to reduce harm from gambling.
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