The NSW government may push back a long-awaited deadline to restrict casino gambling to card-only following a request from the new boss of struggling Star Entertainment Group, who said the group was not yet ready for such a complicated transition.
Star Sydney and rival Crown Sydney were given until August 19 to transition all poker machines and table games to card-only following serious breaches of the anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing act which resulted in both groups losing their right to independently operate casinos.
Under the current plan as legislated in the NSW Casino Control Act, customers at Crown and The Star will soon be limited to loading $1000 cash per day onto their respective carded systems before gambling. This limit will only apply to cash transactions.
