Liquor & Gaming

HOTELIER FINED OVER EXIT BREACH

Posted on June 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
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

ST GEORGE FORMER LICENSEE FINED OVER GAMING BREACHES

Posted on May 6th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
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

NEXT LEVEL RCG TRAINING BEGINS

Posted on April 15th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
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

REGULATORS SLAM ‘SERIAL’ BREACHES IN GAMING AND LIQUOR

Posted on March 15th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Newcastle’s Royal Inn has been caught out by gaming authorities and fined for multiple breaches relating to trading outside authorised hours. An investigation by Liquor & Gaming NSW reviewed gaming activity at the hotel in Waratah, finding gaming machines had

NSW GOVT PLANS TO CRACK DOWN ON INDUSTRY COMMUNIQUE

Posted on August 9th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW government has criticised and plans to investigate the practise of venues getting a ‘heads up’ on pending random inspections, furthering the anti-gaming debate as Australians baulk at the cashless economy.  Documents by the NSW regulator, Liquor and Gaming,

CHITTAWAY BAY HIT WITH GAMING BREACHES DURING RENO

Posted on July 7th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Laundy Hotels’ Chittaway Bay hotel, on the Central Coast, has been hit with gaming operation breaches during a renovation, following investigations by Liquor & Gaming NSW. Built in 1985, the coastal pub was undergoing a major makeover toward the end

CRIME COMMISSION PROBES L&G OVER GAMING DATA

Posted on May 29th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Following accusations made by independent MP Alex Greenwich, the NSW Crime Commission is investigating claims Liquor & Gaming withheld information pertinent to its inquiry into money laundering in pubs and clubs. After a high-profile 10-month investigation, the Islington Report was

YOUNG PATRONS WARNED ‘JUST … DON’T’

Posted on April 17th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The 2023 Liquor Accord Forum was held this month, bringing the launch of a new program to tackle anti-social behaviour among younger patrons at licensed venues.   On 5 April more than 200 industry stakeholders from across NSW came together

PUB COPS HEAVY FINES FOR GAMING TRADING OUTSIDE HOURS

Posted on September 23rd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A Riverina hotel has been fined nearly $40k for gaming machine offences, after repeatedly operating outside authorised hours. Leeton is a town of around 10k people, almost eight hours’ drive west of Sydney. The Leeton Hotel is a prominent two-storey

CRACKDOWN LOOMS ON AML THROUGH GAMING MACHINES

Posted on June 15th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
A secret investigation by authorities into gaming transactions at pubs and clubs cites possible links between staff and money laundering by organised criminals, and forbodes a shakeup of the AML system. The ­investigation was conducted by NSW Liquor & Gaming,