{"id":777021644,"date":"2024-12-19T09:42:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T12:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777021644"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:07:40","slug":"tasmanian-greens-criticise-government-delay-on-cashless-gaming-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tasmanian-greens-criticise-government-delay-on-cashless-gaming-system","title":{"rendered":"Tasmanian Greens criticise government delay on cashless gaming system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rosalie Woodruff MP said a report showed there was &#8220;no justification&#8221; for the delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>Rosalie Woodruff MP <\/strong>of the Tasmanian Greens has accused the government\u00a0of prioritising the financial interests of &#8220;a cashed-up pokies industry&#8221; after the release of the MaxGaming report, which was used by the Tasmanian government to justify <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tasmanian-government-presses-pause-on-gaming-machine-reforms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the delay in the rollout of a mandatory cashless card system<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government had cited the cost and implementation time as obstacles, but Woodruff said the report shows the delivery of the pre-commitment card was &#8220;planned to the finest detail.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MP said: &#8220;Premier Jeremy Rockliff has been wilfully deceiving Tasmanians about the true reason for abandoning his government\u2019s promised pokies mandatory pre-commitment reforms. <strong>Maxgaming\u2019s report shows it&#8217;s not about complexity or timeframes<\/strong>, it&#8217;s only ever been about the impact on pokies industry profits. The Premier has chosen his party\u2019s corporate donor\u2019s interests above protecting the lives of vulnerable Tasmanians.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added: &#8220;There were no hurdles identified to its delivery by the end of next year, aside from further government delay. The Minister simply needed to sign it off the program by November 1,&#8221; Woodruff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally announced in 2022, the pre-commitment measures would have had default settings to restrict losses to AU$100 per day, AU$500 per month and AU$5,000 per year. Players would have been able to adjust these amounts based on their financial capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/anglican-dean-launches-petition-for-tasmanian-gaming-machine-reforms\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anglican dean launches petition for Tasmanian gaming machine reforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tasmanian Greens call for ban on greyhound racing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Cassy O\u2019Connor MLC<\/strong>\u00a0of the Tasmanian Greens has welcomed the New Zealand government\u2019s decision to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-government-to-ban-greyhound-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban greyhound racing<\/a>\u00a0and called on the Tasmanian government to make the same move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: \u201cGreyhound racing is now banned in many countries. It\u2019s also illegal in the ACT, for good reason. It is&nbsp;<strong>a form of state-sponsored violence<\/strong>&nbsp;towards gentle, blameless dogs. Increasingly, everyday people find this completely unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s past time for the Tasmanian Government to show the same humane leadership. The Liberals and Labor here need to accept the reality that greyhound racing has lost its social license due to the grotesque level of exploitation and public subsidy underpinning the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosalie Woodruff MP said a report showed there was &#8220;no justification&#8221; for the delay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16772,"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 Tasmanian Greens have accused the government of prioritizing the financial interests of the pokies industry by delaying the implementation of a mandatory cashless pre-commitment card system, despite a MaxGaming report reportedly indicating no significant technical or timeline hurdles. This delay, initially justified by cost and implementation time, is now alleged to be solely driven by concerns over the impact on industry profits, with the proposed system designed to limit player losses.","focusai_entities":"Rosalie Woodruff MP, Tasmanian Greens, MaxGaming, Jeremy Rockliff, Cassy O\u2019Connor MLC, Anglican dean","focusai_location":"Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, ACT","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), product_ux (0.75), tech_data (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"MaxGaming Report Details?","query":"What specific technical and operational hurdles, if any, were identified by MaxGaming that could genuinely impede the timely rollout of the cashless pre-commitment system, beyond the stated financial impact on GGR?"},{"label":"Social License Impact?","query":"How might the delay in implementing mandatory pre-commitment impact Tasmania's social license to operate for gaming verticals, and what are the long-term implications for future regulatory frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154,158],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777021644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021644","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=777021644"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777021647,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021644\/revisions\/777021647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777021644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777021644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777021644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}