Cashless gaming is intended to limit the losses of people with gambling problems, but reform advocates say the first trial did not include crucial harm reduction measures.
  • In short: One of the first cashless gaming trials in NSW found the technology made little difference to the behaviour of gamblers.
  • The Wests New Lambton trial has received criticism from gambling reform advocates, who say it did not include a card with binding and default limits.
  • What’s next?: The Independent Panel on Gaming Reform will provide findings from an expanded statewide cashless gaming trial.
  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I was actually thinking of the tax as being more on the back-end in this case, rather than consumer-facing in the way the tobacco tax is.

    I was also actually largely thinking about sports gambling there, rather than pokies.