{"id":15114,"date":"2021-02-23T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15114"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:35:33","slug":"nsw-national-party-rejects-prepaid-gambling-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-national-party-rejects-prepaid-gambling-cards","title":{"rendered":"NSW National party rejects prepaid gambling cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Party said the move would seriously affect pubs and clubs that offer poker machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The National Party has rejected the proposal of <strong>prepaid gambling cards<\/strong> for New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal, which <strong>is yet to go before cabinet<\/strong>, was introduced late last year by customer services minister<strong> Victor Dominello <\/strong>as a way to help people manage their gambling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It received early support from <strong>anti-gambling campaigner Andrew Wilkie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea gained further traction after the release of <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-resorts-officially-unsuitable-to-hold-casino-licence\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Patricia Bergin\u2019s report<\/strong><\/a><\/em> into Crown Resorts&#8217; suitability to hold its Sydney casino licence, with Bergin suggesting that <strong>&#8220;cards would be a good system to combat money-laundering.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system would require gaming machine players to <strong>register and preload money<\/strong> on to a government-regulated card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the proposal has been rejected by the deputy premier and National Party leader <strong>John Barilaro.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Barilaro, the proposal <strong>would affect pubs and clubs already impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<strong> Labor Party<\/strong> also expressed concerns about the implementation of the prepaid gambling card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Party said the move would seriously affect pubs and clubs that offer poker machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The National Party has rejected a proposed prepaid gambling card system for New South Wales, Australia, citing potential adverse impacts on pubs and clubs already affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially supported for responsible gambling and anti-money laundering (AML) efforts, the proposal, which would have required player registration and preloaded funds, faced opposition from the Deputy Premier and the Labor Party.","focusai_entities":"National Party, Victor Dominello, Andrew Wilkie, Patricia Bergin, Crown Resorts, John Barilaro, Labor Party","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Alternative AML Measures?","query":"What alternative regulatory measures are being considered to address AML and responsible gambling concerns in NSW following this rejection?"},{"label":"Impact on Gaming Reform?","query":"How will the National Party's stance influence future legislative efforts regarding gaming machine reform and broader regulatory compliance in Australia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154,158],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-15114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15114"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15145,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15114\/revisions\/15145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}