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.
  • ryannathans
    2·
    3 months ago

    Taxing the shit out of it results in poorer outcomes for gamblers. The average minimum return rate is already defined legally, for pokies it’s something like they must return ~90% per hour. Adding more tax on top would result in a lower return rate

    • ZagorathEnglish
      4·
      3 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.

    • cuppaconcrete
      2·
      3 months ago

      Or just have all gambling be run by the government so the profits go to social services to support people who bankrupt themselves from gambling.