Hackers have ended a trial on cashless gaming, after reports the system was breached in a cyber-attack. The digital wallet trial began last October, under the Perrottet government, at Wests Newcastle leagues club at New Lambton, installed on 144 Aristocrat machines. It involved digital wallet technology, provided by Banktech, connecting participants’ phones to machines via […]
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
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
Politicking over pokies has burst into 2023, as the NSW opposition Labor Party announces its alternative action regarding the momentum to force cashless gaming into Australia’s biggest state of pubs and clubs. In the wake of Premier Dominic Perrottet’s pronouncement he would mandate cashless systems in gaming rooms if re-appointed, reform in the sector has
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Betting giant Tabcorp has begun the sabre-rattling at rival Entain, lodging proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court over a partnership with the AHA threatening its prized retail betting licence in NSW. Tabcorp (ASX:TAH) has the exclusive licence on retail betting in venues in NSW, in an agreement scheduled to run until 2033. This sees its
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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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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A gaming manager at ALH’s Vale Hotel has been sentenced over more than $30k in fraudulent bets she placed on Keno, attempting to cover financial burdens from her mother’s gambling. A court heard 24-year-old Nikkita Faye Clutterbuck was working a shift on 22 November last year, when she “impulsively” placed at total of 22 credit
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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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The Australian Hotels Association NSW has entered a major new partnership with one of the world’s largest sports betting groups, Entain, creating competition in Tabcorp’s monopoly market. Entain Australia is a new AHA NSW top-tier ‘Principal’ partner, alongside only TAB and Keno. The venture means endorsement by the Association for Entain to promote its digital
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