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Australia's biggest state unveils plan for cashless poker machines

FILE PHOTO: A person gambles on a poker machine at a pub in Sydney, Australia, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

The leader of Australia's most populous state on Monday unveiled a plan to make all poker machines cashless within five years to fight money laundering and problem gambling, setting up a political battle ahead of a state election next month.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said his government would make every poker machine cashless by 2028 and offer interest-free loans for pubs and clubs to buy new cashless gambling machines that would only allow players to bet from a bank account.

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