Exclusive: NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's gambling reforms have passed a snap meeting of cabinet, with all poker machines in the state to be cashless within five years
After being reluctant to back a cashless gaming card, Opposition Leader Chris Minns last month announced a Labor government would introduce a mandatory trial for at least 500 poker machines if it won the March election – a policy key crossbench MPs and gambling reform advocates described as too weak.
Labor would also reduce the number of poker machines by increasing the forfeit rate clubs and pubs must adhere to, and by subsequently lowering the overall statewide cap each year for the number of pokies. Sources with knowledge of the Coalition’s proposal said the buyback plan would reduce the overall number of machines more quickly than Labor’s scheme.
ClubsNSW has begun a targeted campaign against independent Murray MP Helen Dalton, one of several independents who back a cashless gaming card. Life-size posters of Dalton have been erected in clubs in her electorate.last week found gamblers lost more than $2.1 billion on poker machines in fewer than 100 days last year – the highest losses in NSW history.
Gaming machines in Canterbury-Bankstown made $182 million in the third quarter of 2022, those in Fairfield made $174 million and those in Cumberland made $124 million.
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