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CASHLESS GAMING TRIAL GREATLY EXPANDED AMID NATIONAL REFORMS

The Minns administration is forging ahead with its gambling reforms, announcing the massively expanded cashless trial as the Federal government closes the loophole on credit cards. Since being elected last March, the Minns government has implemented multiple reforms, including reducing the cash input limit for all new EGMs from 1 July (from $5k to $500), reducing […]

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DRUNK GAMBLER SUES STAR OVER MILLIONS IN LOSSES

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

A high-roller staying at The Star on the Gold Coast is suing the venue over $3.8 million he lost in a matter of hours while inebriated. Shakeel Latimer, now aged 40 years, resides in the Sydney suburb of Catherine Field, near Narellan. He is a shareholder in SDR Civil P/L and former shareholder in corporations

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CASHLESS GAMING TRIAL HITS VOLUNTEER PAYDIRT

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

The election-promised cashless gaming trial due to be rolled out in venues across NSW has been flooded with volunteer operators, and may involve many more gaming machines than originally stipulated. Under pressure from anti-gaming advocates and in the wake of the former Premier’s mission to apply sweeping reforms with or without evidence as to their

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ILGA WINS COURT APPEAL OVER GAMING CONDITIONS

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) has emerged victor in a battle over its jurisdictional powers and gaming regulations at a series of pubs owned by Knox Hotels. In 2021, Jim Knox’ group applied to increase the poker machine threshold at its Area Hotel in Griffith, purchased in 2019, and Whitebull Hotel in Armidale,

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VICTORIA CRACKS THE WHIP ON GAMING REFORM

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

The Victorian Government has ramped up its gaming reform policies, with a major announcement and a crackdown on venues by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC). With the ink still drying on the state’s new EGM surrender scheme the VGCCC has issued show cause notices to two unnamed operators for repeatedly operating gaming

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EBET UNVEILS NEW OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

Venue Digital Technology P/L has announced it has taken control of gaming technology company eBet. Formerly Tabcorp owned, eBet currently boasts more than 525 venues and 30k EGMs on its books. Acquisition of the company was completed on 1 February, led by former Tabcorp and Tatts Group executive Frank Makryllos in the new headquarters located

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LIBERALS GO ALL-IN ON GAMING REFORM

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

Claiming extensive consultation with industry, Premier Perrottet has unveiled his election policy to overhaul the operation of poker machines, heralded to finally “put a stop to problem gambling”. The changes are to be implemented should the Liberal government be re-elected in NSW, after the Premier kick-started gaming reform as an election issue last year. This

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PREMIER CONTINUES CRUSADE ON CASHLESS HIGHGROUND

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has doubled down on his crusade to impose cashless gaming on NSW pubs and clubs, despite evidence of the potential side-effects and pause by other political leaders. As the Premier mandates an end to criminals using poker machines to supposedly “wash their dirty cash” one of his close allies and senior

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MANDATORY CASHLESS GAMING LOOMS AS ELECTION ISSUE

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

Keeping gaming in the political spotlight, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet plans to work toward a cashless gaming card system for clubs and pubs before the election, in March. In late October the Crime Commission released its long-awaited report on money laundering in pubs and clubs in NSW, largely finding that it wasn’t a major part

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FACIAL RECOGNITION ROLL-OUT FOR NSW PUBS AND CLUBS

Gaming, Gaming - News / Clyde Mooney

The AHA NSW and ClubsNSW have announced a joint initiative to introduce facial recognition technology in all hotel and club gaming rooms, to further combat the onus of problem gambling. Facial recognition is set to become a major part of the expanded Multi-Venue Self-Exclusion (MVSE) scheme, which prevents self-excluded problem gamblers from entering gaming areas.

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CASHLESS GAMING TRIAL GREATLY EXPANDED AMID NATIONAL REFORMS

DRUNK GAMBLER SUES STAR OVER MILLIONS IN LOSSES

CASHLESS GAMING TRIAL HITS VOLUNTEER PAYDIRT

ILGA WINS COURT APPEAL OVER GAMING CONDITIONS

VICTORIA CRACKS THE WHIP ON GAMING REFORM

EBET UNVEILS NEW OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE

LIBERALS GO ALL-IN ON GAMING REFORM

PREMIER CONTINUES CRUSADE ON CASHLESS HIGHGROUND

MANDATORY CASHLESS GAMING LOOMS AS ELECTION ISSUE

FACIAL RECOGNITION ROLL-OUT FOR NSW PUBS AND CLUBS

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