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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

NSW appoints former gaming commissioner to lead panel into cashless gambling trial

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The NSW premier, Chris Minns, will appoint Michael Foggo to lead a panel to oversee the state’s cashless gaming trial. Photograph: REUTERS/Alamy

Former New South Wales Liquor, Gaming and Racing commissioner Michael Foggo will lead a panel of 16 to design and oversee the state’s government’s delayed cashless gambling trial, which is now expected to begin before November.

The appointments will be made today by the premier, Chris Minns, who will also announce a departmental review of the ClubGrants scheme that critics have argued is used by some clubs to funnel money back towards themselves with little transparency or oversight.

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