The hotels industry is today mourning the loss of one of its towering figures – long serving AHA NSW executive Phillip Webster, who has passed away aged just 62. Webster was the proud publican of Richard’s on the Park in Canley Vale, in Sydney’s West. He was actively at the forefront of industry policy and […]
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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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For the first time in three years, the AHA NSW Awards for Excellence made a triumphant return on Monday night, celebrating the state’s best across a record 46 categories. Pandemic-delayed since 2019, the no-expense-spared event ushed in 1,500 hospitality industry, community and political leaders to The Cutaway, at Barangaroo. Judged by an independent panel, the
An investigation reports criminals are funnelling billions of dollars of “dirty” cash through pub and club EGMs, and calls for massive overhaul including cashless systems and identity collection. The multi-agency inquiry was led by the NSW Crime Commission, with the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority NSW (ILGA), AUSTRAC and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, and
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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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The acclaimed Armatree Hotel is back on the market amid surging migration, while making news as the state’s first vaccination hub in a pub. Built in 1929 on a huge lot of around 10,000sqm, the Hotel is home to a classic country bar and commercial kitchen, eight accommodation rooms and onsite camping sites, both powered
COVID has struck again, with the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) postponed again in 2021, as the NSW lockdown is extended and government rolls out the latest support measures. With no end date in sight for the current NSW restrictions, in response to rapidly growing COVID case numbers and the heightened risk in the Delta variant,
The infamous Newcastle restrictions will finally be lifted for the first time in 13 years, bringing the city back in line with the rest of the state and ending a protracted era of treating people going out at night “like criminals”. The NSW State Government has announced a trial that will see the tough patron
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