{"id":777005117,"date":"2023-05-11T12:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005117"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:05:52","slug":"nsw-proposes-ban-on-political-donations-from-clubs-with-pokies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-proposes-ban-on-political-donations-from-clubs-with-pokies","title":{"rendered":"NSW proposes ban on political donations from clubs with pokies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New South Wales government aims to reduce the influence of the gambling industry on politics in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The New South Wales government has proposed a law that would <strong>ban political donations <\/strong>from clubs with gaming machines. The amendment to the electoral funding act would subject clubs to the same prohibitions as <strong>other gambling businesses<\/strong>, property developers, tobacco businesses and liquor companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Labor Party had promised a ban before the March election along with the introduction mandatory&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-crime-commission-criminals-funnel-billions-of-dollars-through-pokies\" target=\"_blank\">cashless gaming to reduce problem gambling<\/a>&nbsp;and criminal activity with clubs. The state\u2019s&nbsp;<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 also pledged to reduce the feed-in limit for new gaming machines to AU$500, ban external signage promoting gaming, including \u201cVIP lounge\u201d signage, and reduce the number of machines in the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, 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 a rollout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state regulator, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-south-wales-players-lost-us2-8m-on-pokies-in-h2\" target=\"_blank\">Liquor and Gaming NSW<\/a>&nbsp;has reported that gamblers lost AU$4.3bn (US$2.8m) to poker machines in the second half of 2022. That\u2019s AU$820m more than before the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New South Wales government aims to reduce the influence of the gambling industry on politics in the state.<\/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":"The New South Wales government is proposing significant legislative changes to curb the gambling industry's political influence and address problem gambling. Key measures include banning political donations from clubs with gaming machines, implementing a 12-month cashless gaming trial, reducing machine feed-in limits, and restricting gaming-related signage. These reforms follow a substantial increase in poker machine losses in H2 2022, signaling a tightening regulatory environment.","focusai_entities":"New South Wales government, Labor Party, Liquor and Gaming NSW","focusai_location":"New South Wales, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cashless Gaming Trial Impact","query":"What are the projected operational and financial impacts for NSW gaming machine operators during and after the 12-month cashless gaming trial, particularly concerning GGR and NGR?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Burden","query":"How will the proposed ban on political donations and new advertising restrictions alter the compliance burden and governance frameworks for licensed gaming clubs in New South Wales?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154,158],"tags":[23911,23909],"class_list":["post-777005117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-slot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005117","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=777005117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005146,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005117\/revisions\/777005146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}