{"id":16055,"date":"2021-03-19T16:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16055"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:57:54","slug":"nsw-clubs-seek-alternative-to-prepaid-gambling-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-clubs-seek-alternative-to-prepaid-gambling-cards","title":{"rendered":"NSW clubs seek alternative to prepaid gambling cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New South Wales RSL and league clubs suggest that using a digital wallet linked to a government database of problem gamblers instead of prepaid gambling cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- RSL and league clubs are seeking an alternative to New South Wales’ proposed plan to introduce pre-paid gambling cards as critics warn a badly designed system could be a disaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSW Clubs are opposed to the concept of a mandatory cashless card<\/strong>, arguing that the government\u2019s proposed changes would cost $1.8bn and results in 9,000 job<\/strong> losses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Party is also against the proposal to introduce prepaid gambling cards in New South Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the proposal was put forward as a way to help players manage their gambling and to combat money-laundering<\/strong>, Dr. Kate da Costa<\/strong>, an Alliance for Gambling Reform campaigner, said: “the system would only work if connected to the government\u2019s central systems.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RSL and league clubs have instead suggested using digital wallets on mobile phones for payment<\/strong>. The system could be linked to players’ bank accounts and a government database<\/strong> of problem gamblers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garrie Gibson<\/strong>, chief executive of the RSL and Services Clubs Association said: “With the digital wallet, anyone can join and play because they use their existing ID and systems in their phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This will help achieve the government\u2019s three objectives: minimising harm<\/strong>, making sure people who have a problem don\u2019t play<\/strong>, and stopping money laundering<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New South Wales RSL and league clubs suggest that using a digital wallet linked to a government database of problem gamblers instead of prepaid gambling cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New South Wales RSL and league clubs are proposing digital wallets linked to a government problem gambler database as an alternative to the state's mandatory cashless pre-paid gambling card plan. Opponents argue the government's proposal would incur significant costs and job losses, while proponents of the digital wallet highlight its potential for enhanced harm minimization and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance.","focusai_entities":"RSL and league clubs, NSW Clubs, National Party, Dr. Kate da Costa, Alliance for Gambling Reform, Garrie Gibson, RSL and Services Clubs Association","focusai_location":"New South Wales, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), product_ux (0.85), tech_data (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.98), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.92)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Digital Wallet Integration Challenges?","query":"What are the specific technical and data governance challenges associated with integrating a digital wallet system with a centralized government database of problem gamblers, ensuring data privacy and system resilience?"},{"label":"GGR\/NGR Impact Analysis?","query":"How would the proposed digital wallet system, with its enhanced responsible gambling measures, impact gross gaming revenue (GGR) and net gaming revenue (NGR) for NSW clubs, considering potential player friction and market adjustments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-16055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055","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=16055"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16087,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16055\/revisions\/16087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}