Facial recognition, cashless play in gaming reforms A state with a high prevalence of poker machines has unveiled a tranche of gaming reforms, although many say they haven't gone far enough. AAP · Aug 25
Pokies giant taken to court over money laundering gaps A financial regulator is launching legal action against Mounties, a club which operates some 1400 poker machines, over alleged money laundering risk failures. AAP · Jul 30, 2025
Unions NSW attacks Labor for ‘woefully inadequate’ poker machine strategy after damning audit Gambling losses and calls to helplines both up but Minns government has no benchmarks or measures to assess its harm minimisation strategy, report says The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2025
NSW gambling scheme relies on ‘embarrassing and not credible’ research, clubs and hotels warn Powerful industry groups oppose mandatory accounts for gamblers to help monitor everyone using poker machines The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2024
Police arrest Sydney man for blackmail over major data breach affecting up to 1 million NSW and ACT residents IT provider Outabox, used by dozens of hospitality venues, blamed an ‘unauthorised third party’ for the breach The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2024
‘Playing us for years’: how pokies profits have funded tax-deductible spending within Australian clubs Schemes in Victoria and NSW give clubs tax cuts if they put gaming proceeds into communities – but they overwhelmingly spend it on themselves The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2023
ClubsNSW investigates after holding charges placed on non-customer credit cards People who have never used ClubsNSW services charged up to $1 as association identifies issue with third party provider The Guardian - AU · Nov 22, 2023
'Massive rort': review under way into pokie club grants A grants scheme that allows clubs to reduce their gambling taxes is under review as critics call for the controversial scheme to be scrapped. AAP · Nov 14, 2023
NSW urged to end ‘shameless rort’ giving clubs a tax break for spending pokies revenue Scheme allows clubs to reduce tax bill if gambling profits are used for ‘community development and support’ The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2023
Dominic Perrottet on poking the ClubsNSW beast: ‘I didn’t start with many friends’ The NSW premier explains why he put his career on the line as the days count down to the state election The Guardian - AU · Mar 19, 2023
Perrottet: ‘I’ve never felt any pressure from ClubsNSW’ Gambling is a contested issue in the NSW election campaign as Dominic Perrottet denies pressure from the powerful gaming industry. The New Daily · Mar 13, 2023
Premier's kids' kitty open to children born interstate Dominic Perrottet believes his new kids' future fund is great policy, but questions linger over who is eligible and whether it will instead increase inequality. AAP · Mar 13, 2023
ClubsNSW whistleblower Troy Stolz recorded video on gambling industry secrets In a secret video recorded in his hospital room, terminally ill gambling industry whistleblower Troy Stolz speaks out against his former employer, ClubsNSW, and the harm caused by poker machines. ABC News · Mar 13, 2023
Dominic Perrottet says ‘never’ any pressure from clubs lobby to remove former gaming minister Two weeks out from the NSW election, Victor Dominello has made a series of allegations about ClubsNSW’s influence on politics The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2023
The New Daily · Mar 13, 2023 Perrottet denies ClubsNSW meddling allegations Dominic Perrottet has defended his track record standing up to pokie lobbyists and says he never saw any direct influence on NSW members of parliament.
ABC News · Mar 12, 2023 Minister Victor Dominello was targeted by ClubsNSW over poker machine reform. Now he's speaking out A senior Liberal minister has spoken for the first time about how a powerful Australian gambling lobby group forced him out of the portfolio and has called for an investigation into its influence over government.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2023 Afternoon Update: Unemployment rises to 3.7%; Queensland shooting declared terrorism; and the ‘perfect’ cosmic explosion Jim Chalmers says there are ‘human consequences’ for slowing economy
The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2023 ClubsNSW drops contempt charges against Friendlyjordies over pokies whistleblower Interview by YouTuber Jordan Shanks with Troy Stolz sparked legal proceedings but the clubs lobby has sought leave to withdraw the charges
The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2023 ‘Silent epidemic’: almost two-thirds of Sydney’s gambling losses occur in city’s west Cost-of-living pressures, disadvantage and ‘oversaturation’ of machines in the region leading to higher levels of gambling-related harm, researchers say
AAP · Feb 9, 2023 ClubsNSW appoints acting boss amid pokies stoush ClubsNSW has named Sallianne Faulkner as its acting chief executive after its former boss was sacked amid a government push to make pokies cashless.
The New Daily · Feb 7, 2023 Michael Pascoe: Pokies industry’s fingerprints remain on Dominic Perrottet’s policy And when judging the credibility of an election policy, it’s wise to also consider what is not there if the government or opposition was serious about NSW’s appalling pokies addiction.
AAP · Feb 7, 2023 ClubsNSW drops lawsuits against gaming whistleblower ClubsNSW has withdrawn all legal action against whistleblower and cancer patient Troy Stolz, who lifted the lid on lax money laundering checks.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2023 ClubsNSW settles case with terminally ill whistleblower Troy Stolz Long-running case ends days after lobby group sacked its CEO over comments about the NSW premier’s Catholic faith
ABC News · Feb 6, 2023 'I was wrong': NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says Catholic faith did play a role in gambling reform A week ago, the ClubsNSW boss was sacked for linking Dominic Perrottet's plans to overhaul gambling to his Catholic faith. Since then, Mr Perrottet has done some soul-searching.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2023 Dominic Perrottet gambles on poker machine reform as a vote winner Not long ago it would have been political suicide to adopt measures so strongly opposed by ClubsNSW – but time will tell how it plays out at the polls