{"id":34898,"date":"2022-10-28T09:54:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T12:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34898"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:29:20","slug":"nsw-labor-leader-wont-commit-to-cashless-gambling-cards-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-labor-leader-wont-commit-to-cashless-gambling-cards-proposal","title":{"rendered":"NSW Labor leader won&#8217;t commit to cashless gambling cards proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chris Minns notes that the industry has said the proposal would be cost-prohibitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>Chris Minns<\/strong>, leader of the NSW Labor Party, has refused to commit to the proposal by the New South Wales Crime Commission (NSWCC) to introduce cashless gambling cards in the state. Prime minister <strong>Dominic Perrottet<\/strong> has agreed to study the proposal but promised to consult with the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minns noted that ClubsNSW has claimed that adopting the technology would cost AU$1.8bn and lead to thousands of job losses, but it hasn&#8217;t provided evidence to support that claim. Sydney independent MP<strong> Alex Greenwich<\/strong> has proposed changes to a bill on the use of facial recognition technology in clubs and pubs, but Minns has refused to back the amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minns said: &#8220;We need to make sure and look at what people are putting on the table before I give blanket support for a proposal that I haven\u2019t seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Guardian, Greenwich stated: \u201cIt\u2019s concerning that [both parties] are consulting with the bodies who have financial benefit from not taking action, who cause gambling harm and who want to turn a blind eye to the money laundering happening in clubs and pubs. It\u2019s the equivalent of forming your drink-driving policies by consulting with the alcohol industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSWCC has put pressure on politicians in a report that notes that approximately AU$95bn in cash flows through poker machines in pubs and clubs in NSW each year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-starts-testing-cashless-gaming-at-wests-newcastle\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSW starts testing cashless gaming at Wests Newcastle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Minns notes that the industry has said the proposal would be cost-prohibitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20776,"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 NSW Labor Party leader, Chris Minns, has expressed reservations about committing to the New South Wales Crime Commission's proposal for mandatory cashless gambling cards, citing industry concerns over AU$1.8bn in implementation costs and potential job losses. While Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet has agreed to study the proposal and consult with the industry, critics highlight the financial interests of industry bodies in opposing measures aimed at combating money laundering and gambling harm.","focusai_entities":"Chris Minns, NSW Labor Party, New South Wales Crime Commission, NSWCC, Dominic Perrottet, ClubsNSW, Alex Greenwich, The Guardian, Wests Newcastle","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, NSW, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Implementation Timeline?","query":"Given the political hesitancy and industry opposition, what is the realistic timeline for the implementation of mandatory cashless gambling cards in NSW, and what interim measures might regulators consider?"},{"label":"Operator Cost Mitigation?","query":"Beyond the AU$1.8bn cost estimate, what specific financial models or government incentives are being discussed to mitigate the capital expenditure burden on operators for cashless system adoption?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[23911,23907,23909],"class_list":["post-34898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino","tag-slot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34898","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=34898"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34924,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34898\/revisions\/34924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}