{"id":777014281,"date":"2024-03-27T08:12:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014281"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:41:08","slug":"twin-towns-services-club-launches-cashless-gaming-trial-in-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/twin-towns-services-club-launches-cashless-gaming-trial-in-nsw","title":{"rendered":"Twin Towns Services Club launches cashless gaming trial in NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It will be the largest trial site in regional New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0The New South Wales regulator, Liquor &amp; Gaming NSW (L&amp;GNSW), has announced that Tweed Heads&#8217;\u00a0Twin Towns Services Club\u00a0has initiated a trial of cashless gaming technology. The trial will apply to its 596 gaming machines, making it the largest in regional New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology provider ebet is finalising testing stages at the site and providing demonstrations on using the machines. NSW&#8217;s cashless gaming trial, overseen by the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform, covers 27 venues across 23 local government areas, including 21 clubs and six hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the phased rollout, more venues are to test cashless gaming technology in April.<strong>\u00a0West HQ<\/strong>, formerly Rooty Hill RSL Club, will join the trial with 720 gaming machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for Gaming &amp; Racing,<strong>\u00a0David Harris<\/strong>, said: \u201cThe NSW Government is committed to gambling reform that reduces harm and prevents money laundering in NSW. The start of the expanded cashless gaming trial signals a key step for these reforms. The panel has taken the time to ensure there is an appropriate mix of venues and technology providers, as well as necessary cybersecurity protections in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is great to have industry on board with these reforms and I look forward to the insights from this landmark trial and how we can continue to work together to reduce gambling harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs well as the cashless gaming trial, the NSW Government has also sought the independent panel\u2019s feedback on the implementation of key election commitments including a state-wide exclusion register, providing for third-party exclusions, and the use of facial recognition technology to enhance exclusion schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative is under the oversight of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-crime-commission-criminals-funnel-billions-of-dollars-through-pokies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform<\/a>\u00a0established by the NSW government last July. Authorities are scheduled to report findings to the government in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panel chair&nbsp;<strong>Michael Foggo<\/strong>&nbsp;added: \u201cThe commencement of the cashless gaming trial at Twin Towns is an important step in the journey to understand and report on various technological solutions, including privacy and security, and their impact on venues and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cImportantly it will also give insights into solutions to minimise harm caused through gaming and money laundering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twin Towns Services Club chief executive officer<strong>\u00a0Rob Smith\u00a0<\/strong>commented: \u201cTwin Towns has been one of many clubs that has promoted having a cashless option for players for almost a decade. We view this technology as a natural progression of society\u2019s move to use less cash in their daily lives and move to more digital payment platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn our highly regulated environment this is not as simple as \u2018tap and go\u2019 and needs to bring with it safeguards for players and the industry. Being part of that evolution, with our partners ebet, is ensuring that the solution we end up with meets everybody\u2019s needs, with the players at the centre of that mission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will be the largest trial site in regional New South Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26802,"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 & Gaming NSW has initiated a significant cashless gaming technology trial at Twin Towns Services Club, involving 596 machines, marking the largest in regional New South Wales. Overseen by the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform, this initiative is part of broader NSW Government reforms aimed at reducing gambling harm and preventing money laundering, with findings expected in November. Technology provider ebet is facilitating the trial, which is set to expand to additional venues.","focusai_entities":"Liquor & Gaming NSW (L&GNSW), Twin Towns Services Club, ebet, Independent Panel on Gaming Reform, NSW Government, West HQ, Rooty Hill RSL Club, David Harris, Michael Foggo, Rob Smith","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Tweed Heads, Rooty Hill","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cashless Trial Impact","query":"What are the projected operational cost implications and potential GGR\/NGR shifts for NSW gaming operators following the full implementation of mandatory cashless gaming, considering player adoption rates and technology integration expenses?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How will the findings from the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform's cashless trial influence the broader regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for land-based gaming in Australia, particularly concerning AML and responsible gambling mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911,24388],"class_list":["post-777014281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-liquor-and-gaming-nsw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014281","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=777014281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014311,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014281\/revisions\/777014311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}