ClubsNSW released a new code of conduct<\/a>. The code includes measures to ban suspected criminals, social checks on poker machine players every three hours and measures to prevent problem gamblers from entering venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\nStaff will also receive training to detect signs of problematic gambling and each club will appoint a responsible gambling officer. Individuals implicated in money laundering will be banned for life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The code has received criticism from advocates for gambling reform. Tim Costello<\/strong>, head of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, considered the code as an admission of issues that the industry has neglected, while Green MP Cate Faehrmann <\/strong>considered it a weak and desperate attempt to appease the public and dodge regulation. <\/p>\n\n\n\nNSW Council of Social Services acting chief executive Ben McAlpine<\/strong><\/strong> said the proposal was insufficient and self-regulation was not going to resolve the problem of gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Landi has been sacked after claiming that New South Wales’ prime minister was basing the state’s gambling reform on his conservative religious beliefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"ClubsNSW CEO Josh Landis was dismissed following controversial remarks alleging New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet's gambling reform agenda was religiously motivated. This incident occurs amidst intense debate over proposed reforms, with ClubsNSW having recently introduced a new code of conduct, which critics deem insufficient to address systemic gambling issues and avert stricter regulatory intervention, particularly regarding cashless gaming technology.","focusai_entities":"Josh Landis, ClubsNSW, New South Wales, Dominic Perrottet, Chris Minns, Alex Greenwich, Sydney Morning Herald, Alliance for Gambling Reform, Tim Costello, Cate Faehrmann, NSW Council of Social Services, Ben McAlpine","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Analysis","query":"What specific legislative or policy changes are now more likely in New South Wales following the ClubsNSW leadership change and the ongoing debate over cashless gaming technology, and how might these impact GGR and NGR projections for licensed operators?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Efficacy","query":"Given the criticism of ClubsNSW's new code of conduct, what are the key deficiencies in the proposed self-regulatory measures, and what enhanced governance frameworks or external oversight mechanisms would be required to satisfy regulatory bodies and public interest groups?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777001962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001962","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=777001962"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001995,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001962\/revisions\/777001995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}