{"id":777001257,"date":"2023-01-02T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001257"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:50:57","slug":"nsw-government-defends-proposed-poker-machine-and-table-game-tax-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-government-defends-proposed-poker-machine-and-table-game-tax-increase","title":{"rendered":"NSW government defends proposed poker machine and table game tax increase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treasurer Matt Kean said the tax increase is \u201centirely appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The <strong>New South Wales (NSW) government<\/strong> has defended <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-plans-to-bring-casino-poker-machine-tax-in-line-with-hotels-and-clubs\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-plans-to-bring-casino-poker-machine-tax-in-line-with-hotels-and-clubs\" target=\"_blank\">plans to increase the tax rate<\/a> for casino poker machines to bring them in line with machines at pubs and clubs. The move is expected to come into effect from July and would see casino poker machines subject to a top tax rate of 60.67 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treasurer<strong> Matt Kean<\/strong> said the tax increase was \u201centirely appropriate\u201d and would generate <strong>AUS$364m (US$244.2m)<\/strong> for disaster-stricken areas over the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf casinos want to lose their social licence, if they want to turn a blind eye to things like money laundering then the NSW government thinks it\u2019s not unreasonable to expect them to make a small contribution towards floods victims. That\u2019s entirely appropriate,\u201d Kean said at a press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also: <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-pm-says-he-wont-be-be-threatned-by-campaign-against-cashless-gaming\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-pm-says-he-wont-be-be-threatned-by-campaign-against-cashless-gaming\" target=\"_blank\">NSW PM says he won\u2019t be threatened by campaign against cashless gaming<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treasurer Matt Kean said the tax increase is \u201centirely appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"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 New South Wales government plans to increase the tax rate on casino poker machines to 60.67% from July, aligning them with rates for pubs and clubs. This measure is projected to generate AUS$364m over three years for disaster relief, with Treasurer Matt Kean justifying it as appropriate given concerns over casinos' social license and potential money laundering issues.","focusai_entities":"Matt Kean, New South Wales government","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Casino NGR?","query":"What is the projected net impact on casino operators' Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) and EBITDA margins in NSW, considering the 60.67% top tax rate on poker machines?"},{"label":"Regulatory Alignment Strategy?","query":"How does this tax harmonization strategy align with broader regulatory efforts to address problem gambling and money laundering risks across different gaming verticals in NSW?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777001257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001257","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001265,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001257\/revisions\/777001265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}