Some 32 per cent of voters want a cashless gaming card rolled out immediately, while 24 per cent of back a voluntary statewide trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.- Amid the debate on cashless gambling cards in New South Wales<\/strong>, a Resolve Strategic survey for The Sydney Morning Herald has found the state’s voters to be in favour of the proposal. Some 63 per cent <\/strong>of respondents back a cashless gaming card for poker machines and only 16 per cent wre opposed to any change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The survey also showed that only 28 per cent believes pubs and clubs are doing enough to deal with problem gambling, while 47 per cent described their efforts as poor. Some 32 per cent think the cashless card should be rolled out immediately, while 24 per cent support a voluntary trial<\/a> and 19 per cent backed mandatory testing in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resolve Strategic director Jim Reed said: \u201cSupport for the mandatory cashless gaming card outpolls opposition by four to one, so the public prejudice is certainly to do something like this to tackle gambling issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMost also want it to be a mandatory requirement from the outset, likely as a means to deny problem gamblers and money launders a workaround. If it\u2019s voluntary, it\u2019s not going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The introduction of cashless gaming cards was proposed by the New South Wales Crime Commission<\/a> (NSWCC) after it reported that criminals were \u201cfunnelling billions of dollars of \u2018dirty\u2019 cash through poker machines\u201d in pubs and clubs every year. Prime minister Dominic Perrottet <\/strong>backed the proposal but ClubsNSW claims that adopting the technology would cost AU$1.8bn and lead to thousands of job losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Perrottet is finalising a plan for the cabinet to approve before the March election, which may include a statewide gambling card trial. He has given no timetable for the card’s introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also: <\/strong>ClubsNSW: cashless gambling cards would \u201ctreat punters like criminals\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nNSW Greens propose phasing out of pokies at clubs and pubs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n