Independent upper house MP Meg Webb claims the bill “has been literally written by the gambling industry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.- Tasmania\u2019s Gaming Control Amendment<\/a> is close to being approved by the government but it’s come in for criticism from independent upper house MP Meg Webb. Using a Right to Information request, Webb discovered that Federal Group and the Tasmanian Government had shaken hands on casino tax rates before the 2021 general election<\/strong> but decided to keep the agreement secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tax rate they agreed on was 10.19 per cent<\/strong>, the figure the gambling industry had wanted. The proposed model would see tax on bar-based poker machines increase while the tax on casino-based slot machines will be significantly reduced<\/strong>, from 25.88 per cent of total gambling profit to only 10 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed amendment was severely criticised by the Tasmanian Alcohol and Gaming Commission and some independent evaluators, who believe that the move fails to ensure the necessary protection of vulnerable groups from gambling-related harm. Opponents also said that the legislation fails to improve the state’s regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed changes<\/a> include the introduction of individual operating licences for electronic gaming machines<\/strong> hosted in brick-and-mortar venues and new tax rates on gaming revenue in the state. The bill would end Federal Group casino\u2019s<\/a> exclusive licence agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Independent upper house MP Meg Webb claims the bill “has been literally written by the gambling industry.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Tasmania's proposed Gaming Control Amendment Bill faces significant criticism, with allegations of being drafted by the gambling industry and concerns over regulatory compliance and the protection of vulnerable groups. The bill introduces new individual operating licenses for electronic gaming machines and revises tax rates, notably reducing the tax on casino-based slot machines while increasing it for bar-based poker machines, and terminates Federal Group's exclusive casino license.","focusai_entities":"Meg Webb, Federal Group, Tasmanian Government, Tasmanian Alcohol and Gaming Commission","focusai_location":"Australia, Tasmania","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Tax Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact of the revised tax rates on casino-based slot machines and bar-based poker machines on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for affected operators in Tasmania?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance","query":"How will the Tasmanian Government address the criticisms regarding regulatory compliance and the perceived industry influence in drafting the Gaming Control Amendment Bill, particularly concerning vulnerable player protection?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-24409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24409","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=24409"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24419,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24409\/revisions\/24419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}