Higher taxes, fewer machines and mandatory facial recognition among poker machines reforms being planned for NSW clubs

Party grassroots tell Minns to get real on poker machine reform

Pokies cause massive damage in western Sydney, yet the state government seems impervious to the harm that is being done in its heartland.

Higher taxes, fewer machines and mandatory facial recognition among poker machines reforms being planned for NSW clubs

The NSW state government will place a tougher stance on poker machines – including moratorium on new machines and higher taxes on clubs generating significant profits from them – to the next election amid rising pressure within its ranks. The Australian arm of The Guardian news outlet reports that the poker machine issue was among the key discussion points when the NSW Labor Party held it annual conference on Sunday, with a motion passed to take…

NSW ruling party commits to higher pokies taxes and 10-year cut to machine numbers

NSW Labor commits to a pokies license moratorium, higher club taxes and a 10-year reduction in machine numbers across the state. The post NSW ruling party commits to higher pokies taxes and 10-year cut to machine numbers first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.