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Luke Costin

Pokies panel pushes to keep cash for gamblers

Gamblers may not be completely banned from using cash for pokie machines. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Cash would not be entirely banished from the system operating half of Australia's poker machines under an independent panel's proposed reforms.

The long-awaited final report into the potential for cashless gaming in NSW, released on Tuesday, calls for a statewide account-based system by 2028 to prevent money laundering and reduce problem gambling.

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