New South Wales conducts public consultation on new gambling regulations

New South Wales’ Government has released two draft gambling regulations that propose new finable offences and restrictions on certain offers

New South Wales’ Government has released two order of payment gaming regulations that propose new finable offences and restrictions on sure offers.

The Betting and Racing Regulation and Totalizator Regulation were introduced inward 2012, but in rough trine months’ time, will be repealed.

They are both due to expire inwards September, so New South Wales’ Government has complied draft copy replacements and launched a public consultation for community and manufacture feedback.

The current regulations masking gambling harm minimisation measures, such as counselling services, penalty acknowledge prescriptions, allowable TAB shareholdings and special exemptions. While the draught regulations maintain many of the existing rules, they advise several paint changes.

This includes “strengthening harm minimisation principles and responsible gambling practices,” such as specifying some inducements.

For example, offers “promoting free accounting entry into a competition, conditional on having a betting account, are harmful offers and are proposed to follow prescribed.”

Other changes include the unveiling of sure penalty notices for the firstly clip and adjusting fee assemblage yearly for inflation.

“A large balance of the biotic community educe outstanding pleasance from wagering and savour placing a play without it decent a problem,” said Susan B. Anthony Keon, Hospitality and Racing CEO.

“The protections in the regulations non only if create sustainability for the industry, but certainty for the biotic community that licensees are go to direct gambling, that penalties are just and proportionate and that at that place is communication and interlocking with people who doh experience gambling harms.”

Individuals and stakeholders hold until 22 June to offer up feedback. This can buoy be through by completing a survey or uploading a written entry on the NSW Government website. Alternatively, people put up put up a written compliance to Liquor & Gaming NSW.

Keon concluded: “With this consultation, we are sounding to enamour the interests of all stakeholders to ensure a thriving wagering manufacture tin can also operate inward the community’s interests.”