Victoria to introduce Australia’s strictest poker machine rules, with $1,000 limit to be slashed by 90%

The Victorian bill will create the framework for carded play, which requires punters to insert a player card to operate a poker machine. Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters

The Victorian government will use the final sitting week of the year to introduce to parliament long-awaited gambling reforms, which will slash the maximum amount punters can put into poker machines at a time from $1,000 to $100.

The gaming minister, Melissa Horne, will on Tuesday introduce the gambling legislation amendment (precommitment and carded play) bill 2024 to parliament, about 16 months after the former premier Daniel Andrews announced the changes.