{"id":777016360,"date":"2024-06-12T09:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016360"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:14:19","slug":"act-labor-to-continue-to-reduce-gambling-machines-in-canberra-if-re-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/act-labor-to-continue-to-reduce-gambling-machines-in-canberra-if-re-elected","title":{"rendered":"ACT Labor to continue to reduce gambling machines in Canberra if re-elected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ACT Labor plans to mandate a reduction to 1,000 machines by 2045.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The\u00a0ACT Labor<\/strong>\u00a0Party<\/strong> has promised to continue to reduce electronic gaming machines (EGMs) in Canberra<\/strong> if it is re-elected, aiming to have only 1,000 machines by 2045<\/strong>. A party spokesperson highlighted the vital role of community clubs as local employers and community hubs and stressed the need to dissociate their future from gambling harm-related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The party has already begun a gradual reduction in the number of EGMs through a mandated process, with the goal of 500 machines to be surrendered every four years. The number of machines in Canberra decreased from 5,022 in 2015 to 3,790 today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labor says it will assist community clubs in transitioning to sustainable revenue sources and facilitate investment in housing projects. It envisions establishing a model community club without gaming machines<\/strong> in the Molonglo Valley. Last September, Labor assembly member Dr Marisa Paterson proposed legislation<\/a> that would ban gambling machines there and in new areas of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labor also plans to introduce mandatory, account-based cashless gaming in all ACT venues by 2026\u201327, giving users personal spending and time limits, a self-exclusion scheme, and banning ATM and EFTPOS withdrawals in clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian online gambling credit card ban enters force<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The government of Australia has announced the implementation of the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023 which\u00a0was approved last December<\/a>\u00a0and prohibits the use of credit cards for online gambling. The government had given a six-month transition period to allow the industry to prepare for the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From yesterday (June 11), companies failing to enforce the ban could face fines of up to AU$234,750<\/strong>. The new legislation broadens the powers of the Australian Communications and Media Authority to allow enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ACT Labor plans to mandate a reduction to 1,000 machines by 2045.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":8492,"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 ACT Labor Party plans to significantly reduce electronic gaming machines (EGMs) to 1,000 by 2045 and mandate account-based cashless gaming by 2026-27, aiming to decouple community clubs from gambling harm. Concurrently, the Australian government has implemented a nationwide ban on credit card use for online gambling, effective June 11, with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) gaining expanded enforcement powers.","focusai_entities":"ACT Labor Party, Dr Marisa Paterson, Australian Communications and Media Authority","focusai_location":"Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Molonglo Valley","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR impact for ACT-based land-based operators resulting from the mandated EGM reduction and the transition to cashless gaming by 2045?"},{"label":"Cashless System Integration","query":"How will the mandatory account-based cashless gaming system integrate with existing responsible gambling frameworks, AML protocols, and player data governance requirements across ACT venues?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777016360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016360","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=777016360"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016368,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016360\/revisions\/777016368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}