{"id":777003429,"date":"2023-03-17T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777003429"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:39:13","slug":"nsw-greens-propose-new-australian-gambling-regulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-greens-propose-new-australian-gambling-regulator","title":{"rendered":"NSW Greens propose new Australian gambling regulator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The party proposes the creation of a National Independent Gambling Regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-&nbsp;The New South Wales Greens<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>today unveiled a proposal to create a <strong>new Australian gambling regulator<\/strong> to regulate online gambling at the state and federal level. The party believes that gambling is &#8220;out of control&#8221; in NSW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said: &#8220;The state has almost half of Australia\u2019s poker machines and loses more money per person to gambling than anywhere else in the world. However, online gambling poses even greater risks than gambling in a venue.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greens propose to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Establish a National Independent Gambling Regulator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regulate online gambling to reduce gambling harms with mandatory pre-commitment and a universal exclusion scheme across all platforms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ban all gambling advertising including TV, radio and online ads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regulate gambling in video games and prohibit \u2018loot boxes\u2019 being accessible by people under 18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End the grip of the gambling industry on politics by banning political donations from the gambling industry restricting politicians and public servants from working for the gambling industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal aims to <strong>give people some power over online gambling platforms<\/strong>&nbsp;and make it easier to manage spending.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator&nbsp;<strong>Janet Rice<\/strong>, the Greens&#8217; spokesperson for gambling reform, said: \u201cThe Greens plan will see independent regulatory oversight at a Federal level, crack down on companies that refuse to enforce online gambling restrictions, and stop the gambling industry from exploiting kids through video games and targeted ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise the gambling industry has been allowed to run amok for decades when both Labor and the Liberals accept huge sums of money from corporate donors looking to peddle influence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Greens are fighting to bring integrity back into politics and ban political donations from big corporations. It\u2019s time for all politicians to represent the interests of the people who elected them, not the interests of the donor class and corporate lobbyists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-pm-plans-to-make-all-gaming-machines-cashless-within-five-years\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSW PM plans to make all gaming machines cashless within five years<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The party proposes the creation of a National Independent Gambling Regulator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19174,"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 Greens propose establishing a National Independent Gambling Regulator in Australia to address perceived \"out of control\" gambling. Key proposals include mandatory online pre-commitment, a universal exclusion scheme, a comprehensive ban on gambling advertising, and regulation of in-game gambling mechanics like loot boxes for minors. The initiative also seeks to sever the gambling industry's political influence by banning donations and restricting post-public service employment.","focusai_entities":"New South Wales Greens, Janet Rice, Labor, Liberals","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.85), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.98), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Legislative Timeline?","query":"What is the projected legislative timeline for the establishment of a National Independent Gambling Regulator and the implementation of its proposed regulatory reforms, including advertising bans and pre-commitment schemes?"},{"label":"Operator Financial Impact?","query":"What is the estimated financial impact on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for licensed iGaming operators in Australia, considering the proposed advertising ban, mandatory pre-commitment, and universal exclusion scheme?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777003429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003429","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=777003429"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777003465,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777003429\/revisions\/777003465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777003429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777003429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777003429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}