{"id":777004656,"date":"2023-04-26T13:39:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004656"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:31:23","slug":"new-south-wales-players-lost-us2-8m-on-pokies-in-h2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-south-wales-players-lost-us2-8m-on-pokies-in-h2","title":{"rendered":"New South Wales players lost US$2.8m on pokies in H2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New data for the last six months of 2022 has been released by Liquor and Gaming NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- <strong>Liquor and Gaming NSW<\/strong> has reported that gamblers lost AU$4.3bn (US$2.8m) to poker machines in the second half of 2022. That&#8217;s AU$820m more than before the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report revealed a rise in gaming profits of 120 per cent year-on-year (Sydney was still in lockdown in H2 2021). The rise was logically due to the return of customers to <strong>pubs and clubs<\/strong> and machines being switched back on after being offline during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fairfield, a suburb located in Sydney\u2019s west, remains the local government area with the highest net profit for poker machines in clubs, generating AU$225m over the six-month period. Canterbury-Bankstown followed close behind with AU$204m, ahead of Cumberland at AU$133m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report showed that&nbsp;more than<strong> 220 new machines<\/strong> were installed in the six-month period, taking the state total to 86,872. Gaming machine net profits jumped 11 per cent year-on-year to AU$4.26bn. That&#8217;s a rise of 24 per cent from AU$3.44bn in the last six months of 2019. Pub profits increased by more than AU$400m and club profits by AU$300m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alex Greenwich<\/strong>, who has long been a vocal advocate for gambling reform, said the profits in the latest report showed change was needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese super profits for clubs and pubs have come at a very cruel cost to families across NSW, and we also know have been fueled by the proceeds of crime and money laundering,\u201d he told Guardian Australia. \u201cIt\u2019s time to act, and I\u2019m committed to working with the new government to curb the scourge of gambling harm in NSW.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has been a push for poker machine reform after last year&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-crime-commission-criminals-funnel-billions-of-dollars-through-pokies\" target=\"_blank\">New South Wales Crime Commission (NSWCC) report<\/a>, which found that criminals were \u201cfunnelling billions of dollars of \u2018dirty\u2019 cash through poker machines\u201d in pubs and clubs every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-labor-leader-announces-major-gambling-reforms-if-he-wins-elections\" target=\"_blank\">new government<\/a>&nbsp;has pledged to reduce the feed-in limit for new machines to AU$500, ban external signage promoting gaming including \u201cVIP lounge\u201d signage, and reduce the number of machines across the state. The government has vowed to set up an independent panel of experts to oversee an expanded 12-month trial of cashless gaming before committing to an expanded rollout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New data for the last six months of 2022 has been released by Liquor and Gaming NSW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"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":"Liquor and Gaming NSW reported AU$4.3bn in poker machine losses for H2 2022, a significant increase post-pandemic, with specific LGAs showing high net profits. This data has intensified calls for gambling reform, particularly following a NSW Crime Commission report on money laundering through machines. The new NSW government has pledged measures including reducing feed-in limits, banning gaming signage, and trialing cashless gaming.","focusai_entities":"Liquor and Gaming NSW, Alex Greenwich, Guardian Australia, New South Wales Crime Commission (NSWCC)","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cashless Gaming Trial Scope","query":"What specific technologies and operational frameworks are being considered for the 12-month cashless gaming trial, and what are the key performance indicators for its success?"},{"label":"Economic Impact of Reforms","query":"How will the proposed reduction in gaming machine numbers and the AU$500 feed-in limit impact the GGR and NGR projections for licensed venues in NSW, and what are the anticipated economic externalities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,163],"tags":[23907,15256],"class_list":["post-777004656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-finance-news","tag-land-based-casino","tag-pokies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004656","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=777004656"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004685,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004656\/revisions\/777004685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}