recommendations of the royal commission<\/a> and that the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission is responsible for overseeing all gambling and gaming activities in the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\nHorne said the government will continue to monitor harm minimisation arrangements at hotels and clubs to ensure that the appropriate regulatory settings are in place and reserves the right to make additional changes if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New South Wales’ cashless gaming policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The proposed policy in New Soth Wales will be accompanied by features to control problem gambling, including required self-imposed limits, breaks in play and a ban on credit-card transfers and automatic top-ups. The reforms also include self-exclusions, third-party exclusions, a ban on VIP Lounge signage<\/strong>, and a ban on political donations from pubs and clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMoney laundering measures include requiring any new cash machine purchased after July 2023 to have a load-up (cash feed-in) limit of AU$500. The reforms will be codified into legislation and presented in Parliament this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An independent Transition Taskforce<\/strong> will be led by the secretary of the department of premier and cabinet. Operating from April 2023 to 2028, it will comprise representatives from key government agencies, industry players, and harm minimisation experts an will provide a plan to implement state-wide cashless gaming. The rollout is expected to begin in early 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA regional fund of AU$40m will support regional pubs and clubs<\/strong> transition to cashless technology, and there will be a small venue fund of AU$20m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An associate professor and gambling policy expert says a similar cashless gambling system should be applied in Victoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":11180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"An associate professor and gambling policy expert recommends Victoria adopt a mandatory cashless gambling system, mirroring New South Wales' proposed reforms, to combat money laundering and problem gambling through features like upfront limits and credit card bans. While Victoria currently operates a voluntary system, the state government is monitoring harm minimisation and reserves the right for further regulatory changes. New South Wales' plan includes a phased rollout, legislative codification, and significant funding for venue transitions.","focusai_entities":"Charles Livingstone, Monash University, Dominic Perrottet, Melissa Horne, Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, NSW Coalition government, Department of Premier and Cabinet","focusai_location":"Victoria, New South Wales, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.9), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NSW Cashless Implementation Risks","query":"What are the primary operational and financial risks for land-based operators in New South Wales during the phased implementation of the cashless gaming system, particularly concerning player adoption and technology integration?"},{"label":"Victoria Policy Divergence","query":"How might Victoria's current voluntary YourPlay system evolve or diverge from New South Wales' proposed mandatory cashless framework, and what are the implications for cross-state regulatory harmonisation or fragmentation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777002263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002263","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=777002263"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002278,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002263\/revisions\/777002278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}