Dominic Perrottet announced daily spending limit could be AU$100 (US$ 69).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.- New South Wales is revealing more information about the introduction of cashless gaming cards<\/a> in the state. NSW prime minister, Dominic Perrottet<\/strong>, announced his planned cashless gaming card will include spending limits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Perrottet last week confirmed the cards, which would be required to use poker machines across the state, would have a cap. \u201cYou can\u2019t have a cashless system without limits. That\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re going to do,\u201d Perrottet told radio station 2GB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tasmania<\/strong> will be the first state to introduce a cashless gaming card, which will be mandatory from next year. The card will have default limits of AU$100 (US$ 69) per day, AU$500 (US$ 344) per month and AU$5000 (US$ 3,437) annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perrottet aims to pursue a cashless gaming card following a damning report from the NSW Crime Commission<\/strong> in October which found poker machines were being used to launder money. The commission\u2019s report recommended a cashless gaming card. The proposal faces critics from the opposition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Hospitality Minister and Nationals MP Kevin Anderso<\/strong>n said he did not support the government controlling a cashless gaming card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Josh Landis,<\/strong> ClubsNSW chief executive officer, has said that cashless gambling cards won\u2019t solve the problem of money laundering as claimed by the New South Wales Crime Commission (NSWCC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Perrottet said he is determined to ensure that pokie rules are reformed and that may include the use of cashless gambling cards and added neither he nor his government was \u201cgoing to be threatened by the New South Wales clubs\u2019 lobby into reforming pokie machines\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, Unions NSW<\/strong> head Mark Morey<\/strong> said cashless cards would help alleviate problem gambling<\/a>. He told AAP: \u201cWhat I want to see is one more hurdle put in the way so that people think about what they do when they put more money into the pokie machine so they\u2019re not churning through a whole week of wages.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n He added: \u201cThis is not prohibition. This is a harm minimisation strategy. It\u2019s about trying to give people time to think again before they put in more money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former prime minister John Howard<\/strong> has thrown his full support behind Premier Dominic Perrottet\u2019s cashless gaming card proposal, describing it as a \u201ccourageous and wise\u201d decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n