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The election promise NSW Labor doesn’t want to talk about

A cashless gambling trial was meant to guide public policy on poker machines, but divisions are wider than ever and the government is in a pickle. What went wrong?

  • Harriet Alexander

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Young people are using pokies more than other age categories.

‘Part of turning 18’: More young people are getting hooked on pokies

People aged 18 to 24 are the biggest users of poker machines in Victoria, having grown up in a culture where their use was normalised.

  • Cara Waters
NSW is losing $1 million an hour on pokies.

‘Callous exploitation’: NSW losing $1 million an hour on pokies

In one council area, more than $2 million a day was poured into poker machines during a three-month period, leaving gambling reform advocates furious.

  • Michael McGowan
Crown Melbourne chief executive Mike Volkert, right, and former Crown Resorts chief executive Ciaran Carruthers at Flemington.

‘Do we care about player safety?’ Casino boss wants mandatory pokies reform

Crown casino was subjected to strict requirements after it was found to have facilitated money-laundering. Now it wants the same rules applied to everyone.

  • Harriet Alexander
No go: Essendon president David Barham has rejected a call to change the club’s constitution to acknowledge the harm the club’s poker machine licences have caused.

Dons urge members to vote against anti-pokies push; Pies and Hawks keen to swoop on Harris

An acknowledgement that their 190 poker machines in two venues are causing social harm would affect its financial independence from the AFL, Essendon says.

  • Jon Pierik and Peter Ryan
NSW Labor’s new report into pokies will stoke more division as the government works out how to tackle money laundering.

After a trial that pleased no one, NSW’s biggest gambling loser is clear

NSW Labor promised a cashless gaming trial, but it was always doomed to fail. Now it has an even bigger problem.

  • Alexandra Smith
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A report into gambling reform has been panned by its own advisors.

‘Embarrassing, not credible’: Why pubs and clubs won’t back gambling scheme

The Australian Hotels Association sat on the advisory panel for gambling reform – but it has strongly rejected its final recommendations for account-based gaming.

  • Harriet Alexander and Max Maddison

Lack of urgency over pokies reform shames this NSW government

There are more poker machines in NSW now than when Chris Minns was elected. The government must stop hiding behind panels and trials and act on gaming reform.

  • James Griffin
All Liquor and Gaming investigations into money laundering via poker machines came to an abrupt halt in July 2022.

A critical NSW government report is being kept from you. Why?

The Herald has campaigned for poker machine reform for the past two years, and we have no intention of backing off.

  • The Herald's View
Increasing use of facial-recognition technology in Victorian businesses has triggered data security and privacy concerns.

Why Victoria’s privacy chief is so worried about facial-recognition technology

Gaming venues and retail are increasingly using off-the-shelf facial-recognition software, sparking high-level concern about potential risks of privacy and data security breaches.

  • Kieran Rooney and Carla Jaeger

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