{"id":777011379,"date":"2023-11-23T06:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T09:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011379"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:20:22","slug":"clubsnsw-probes-mystery-credit-card-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/clubsnsw-probes-mystery-credit-card-charges","title":{"rendered":"ClubsNSW probes mystery credit card charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unauthorised charges have been reported on credit cards of people unrelated to the association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>ClubsNSW<\/strong> says it has launched an investigation following reports of unauthorised credit card charges. People who say they have no connection to its services have reported charges ranging from AU$0.01 to AU$1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ClubsNSW, which represents over 1,200 clubs in New South Wales, said they appeared to be holding charges, possibly made by a third-party payment gateway system provider. However, the source of the credit card details remains unknown. ClubsNSW urged people affected to dispute the charges with their card providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has not been an easy year for an institution. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/clubsnsw-appoints-rebecca-riant-as-ceo\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Riant<\/a> replaced <strong>Josh Landis\u00a0<\/strong>as CEO after he was fired for making controversial comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the government of New South Wales has introduced a series of gaming reforms aimed at reducing harm, including reducing the cash input limit for new electronic gaming machines,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-cashless-gambling-trial-could-be-expanded-to-3000-machines\" target=\"_blank\">capping the number of gaming machine entitlements<\/a>, and banning political donations from gaming-involved clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other measures include the establishment of Responsible Gaming Officers at venues with a significant number of machines, the expansion of a state-wide third-party exclusion register and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-government-appoints-panel-to-oversee-cashless-gambling-trial\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the formation of an independent panel of expert stakeholders<\/a>&nbsp;to oversee cashless gaming trials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unauthorised charges have been reported on credit cards of people unrelated to the association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"ClubsNSW is investigating reports of unauthorized credit card charges, potentially linked to a third-party payment gateway, affecting individuals with no direct association to the organization. This incident occurs amidst recent leadership changes at ClubsNSW and significant regulatory reforms introduced by the New South Wales government, targeting electronic gaming machines (EGMs), responsible gambling, and cashless gaming trials.","focusai_entities":"ClubsNSW, Rebecca Riant, Josh Landis","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), tech_data (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Payment Gateway Due Diligence?","query":"What specific due diligence processes were in place for the implicated third-party payment gateway, and what immediate remediation steps are being taken to prevent recurrence of unauthorized charges?"},{"label":"NSW Regulatory Impact?","query":"How will the new EGM cash input limits, entitlement caps, and responsible gaming measures in NSW impact the GGR and NGR projections for licensed operators in the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777011379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011379","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=777011379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040915,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011379\/revisions\/777040915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}