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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

NSW poker machine laws may increase risk of money laundering, says crime commission

A gambler sitting at a bank of poker machines
The NSW Crime Commission says tickets used to redeem money from poker machines – which are anonymous if less than $5000 is claimed – as a potential tool for criminal activity. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

The New South Wales Crime Commission has suggested some of the state’s gambling laws have increased the risk of money laundering through poker machines, while raising the prospect of “significantly” reducing their credit limits in clubs.

This comes as anti-gambling advocates dismissed an “utterly cynical” proposal from lobby group Clubs NSW for a new “code of practice” that would allow family members of gambling addicts to request they be banned from venues.

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