The long-awaited report on the NSW trial of cashless gaming has landed, and industry is calling the exercise a complete failure, as the oversight panel admits it could never achieve what was hoped. In response to electioneering and the NSW Crime Commission findings that a significant amount of the money put into EGMs was the […]
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This month a new venture between hospitality organisations and business peak industry bodies in New South Wales has unveiled a new website, RespectInHospitality. The free site provides valuable resources along with training and templates for use by hospitality businesses so they can improve their systems and processes as well as keep on top of their
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NSW budget papers have sparked criticism of the tax concessions provided to licensed clubs with gaming, particularly as it’s revealed the top five per cent of clubs enjoyed 50 per cent of the benefits. In a possible shake-up of the tax rates provided to clubs, the government is reviewing taxation policies as it investigates the
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A man has been arrested, as police continue to investigate a major alleged data breach that risks the personal details of patrons of clubs and pubs across NSW and puts a cloud over data collection. News broke on Wednesday of a suspected breach, linked to third-party IT provider Outabox, which has installed technology including sign-in
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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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
The face and CEO of ClubsNSW, Josh Landis, has been stood down by the board in a sudden reaction to a comment the Association boss made on the Premier’s possible motives for pushing gaming reform. The chain of events began on Monday, when ClubsNSW announced its new gaming code of practice, as its solution in
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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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 hospitality industry and Associations are again defending the role of pubs and clubs in society, in light of the latest round of naïve finger-pointing by click-bait media. According to Nine Entertainment (the merged Channel 9 and Fairfax Media) the pub and club industries are in the middle of a money-laundering “scandal”. Bolstering the argument
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