{"id":777008010,"date":"2023-08-08T08:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T11:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008010"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:17:18","slug":"australia-nsw-to-investigate-claims-regulator-tipped-off-gaming-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-nsw-to-investigate-claims-regulator-tipped-off-gaming-venues","title":{"rendered":"Australia: NSW to investigate claims regulator tipped off gaming venues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been claimed that the state&#8217;s gaming regulator provided advance notice of compliance checks to pubs and clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The premier of New South Wales,\u00a0<strong>Chris Minns<\/strong>, has ordered an investigation into allegations that the state regulator, Liquor and Gambling NSW, may have tipped off pubs and clubs before conducting compliance checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The allegations emerged in documents presented in parliament that suggests that the industry body ClubsNSW had sent emails to club owners in February of last year to warn that\u00a0the regulator was conducting &#8220;gambling harm-minimization compliance inspections&#8221;\u00a0across Sydney to inspect the positioning of gaming machines and signage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, an email exchange between two public servants, which was tabled following inquiries from<strong>\u00a0independent MP Alex Greenwich<\/strong>, asked: &#8220;Is there a conflict that we know that [redacted] Club is the largest money laundering club in NSW and we are partnering with them in an anti-gambling initiative?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liquor and Gambling NSW has acknowledged that it frequently communicates with industry bodies and venues to provide them with advance information about upcoming random inspections.\u00a0A spokeswoman for the regulator said that the latter email had been written by a former employee and the opinion expressed was not endorsed by the regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New South Wales government is trialling a cashless card scheme for gambling and has <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-government-reduces-number-of-gaming-machines-by-3000\" target=\"_blank\">reduced the number of gaming machines and their limits.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been claimed that the state&#8217;s gaming regulator provided advance notice of compliance checks to pubs and clubs.<\/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":"Allegations have surfaced that Liquor and Gambling NSW, the state's gaming regulator, provided advance notice of compliance checks to pubs and clubs, prompting an investigation by Premier Chris Minns. Documents suggest an industry body warned operators of \"gambling harm-minimization compliance inspections\" and an internal email raised concerns about partnering with a club identified for money laundering, raising significant questions about regulatory integrity and compliance efficacy.","focusai_entities":"Chris Minns, Liquor and Gambling NSW, ClubsNSW, Alex Greenwich","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Governance Review","query":"What specific governance framework deficiencies within Liquor and Gambling NSW allowed for the alleged advance notice of compliance checks, and what immediate corrective actions are being implemented to restore regulatory integrity?"},{"label":"AML Compliance Impact","query":"How will the allegations regarding a \"money laundering club\" and the regulator's alleged partnership impact the broader anti-money laundering (AML) compliance landscape for iGaming and land-based operators in New South Wales, and what enhanced due diligence measures are anticipated?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777008010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008010","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=777008010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008013,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008010\/revisions\/777008013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}