Furthering the reforms around gambling harm minimisation, more enforceable changes are coming for hotels and registered clubs in NSW, relating to the visibility and location of cash dispensing facilities. The new requirements begin 1 January 2025, based in the placement and visibility of cash dispensing facilities (CDF), defined as Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) or EFTPOS […]
After the recent successful update to Liquor & Gaming NSW’s Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) training handbook, the NSW Government is now considering further specialised training for staff at licensed venues around sexual harassment. Government will be consulting with advocacy groups and key stakeholders for the next update to the RSA handbook, on inclusion of
July and August saw 528 NSW licensed venues inspected to ensure they were compliant with new requirements in line with Liquor & Gaming NSW’s gambling harm minimisation measures. The blitz precedes further mandated training for senior staff that will soon come into effect, to support leaders to maintain a harm minimisation culture. The inspections found
The NSW government’s pioneering cashless gaming trial, due to report results in November, may struggle to meet its mandate as participation wanes. Driving a climate for reform, the state’s former Premier and Coalition government had planned to make all poker machines cashless by 2028. In response, Labor went on to win the election with a
Contrary to mainstream media reports, an increase in EGM numbers and revenue is not due to market demand or opportunism, but an attempt to maintain position as revenue flatlines. Clubs and pubs are accused of pulling machines out of storage to “meet booming demand” in light of recent data on gaming room numbers and revenues.
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Glenn Piper has hit opposition to plans to reconfigure the Commodore Hotel in McMahons Point as part of the goal to become a live music venue, triggering the traditional pushback by locals plus a private school. The pub built on the site in 1854 was a sandstone inn named Billy Blue, replaced around 1900 with
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 southern Sydney licensee has been fined after pleading guilty to a breach of the gaming regulations around exits. Liquor & Gaming inspectors conducted compliance checks at the Mortdale Hotel in August 2023. They found the main bar’s exit door was locked and the only way for patrons to leave the hotel was through the
A former hotel licensee of the St George Hotel at Belmore has been heavily fined for allowing patrons to play EGMs on Christmas Day. An investigation by Liquor & Gaming NSW reviewed the pub’s gaming activity for 25 December 2022 and found that 30 gaming machines were operated and patrons were allowed to gamble during
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TAFE has announced it is providing the NSW government’s Advanced Responsible Conduct of Gambling short course, to lift the abilities of professionals in gaming rooms, through knowledge, practical skills and confidence. The government stipulates that the ARCG training reflects the increased risk of gambling harm that gaming machines represent, and the topic has received considerable
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