Powerful industry groups oppose mandatory accounts for gamblers to help monitor everyone using poker machines
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The politically powerful clubs and hotels industry has warned the New South Wales government against introducing a mandatory scheme to abolish anonymous gambling, despite sitting on a panel whose leaders recommended one.
The three executive committee members of the NSW government’s independent panel on gaming reform have recommended an “account-based gaming system” become mandatory from 2028 to monitor everyone using poker machines.
