The Tasmanian government has indefinitely delayed the rollout of its planned cashless pokies cards due to reported cost increases and implementation delays.
The Tasmania n government indefinitely delayed the rollout of its promised mandatory cashless pokies cards in November this year, citing cost increases and implementation delays highlighted in a report from MaxGaming. That report has been publicly released under a Right to Information request, but the cost estimates have been redacted — a government spokesperson says the information is commercial in confidence.
A report used by the Tasmanian government to justify shelving its long-promised pokies reforms has been publicly released but has been heavily redacted to omit key information. Since 2022, the Tasmanian government had promised to introduce a nation-leading mandatory cashless pokies card — touted at the time as the 'gold standard of harm-minimisation measures'.Photo shows Three poker machines in a club with brightly coloured screens showing different gambling games, with three empty stools in front It seems despite the Tasmanian government's assurances it wouldn't back down from its commitment to pokies reform, long-held concerns the premier would walk back support were on the money. The harm-minimisation system, supported by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission, would require poker machine players to preload money onto cards and set loss limits.After speculation the reforms would be watered down or dropped altogether , the state government 'deferred progress' on those reforms last month — delaying the harm-minimisation method indefinitely — citing a report from the body in charge of implementing the system, MaxGaming. The government argued the gaming operator's report showed a 'likely significant cost increase and implementation delays'. Following a Right to Information (RTI) request, the state government released the Delivery Plan Report in a redacted form on Wednesday evening, which concealed how much that cost increase was estimated to b
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