People using poker machines will be restricted to a $100 pre-commitment limit and be required to use pre-loaded cards as part of what the Victorian government is calling the toughest electronic gambling machine restrictions in the country.
Premier Daniel Andrews said the changes would give Victoria the toughest electronic gambling restrictions in Australia.
Tas is limiting our cashless gambling card to $100 per day, $500 per month and a soft cap of $5,000 per year. I’d say you gotta try harder, Dan. You can tell it’ll be effective because the hospitality and gaming industries are big mad about it.
The cards are ostensibly tied to your identity so I guess the penalties for fraud and/or identity theft is a barrier to having multiple cards. There is supposed to be a guest card system for out-of-state gamblers but those have an expiry date.
It still works as a harm reduction measure. As with all things, making things more difficult decreases the amount of people that do it. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Every little bit of pressure on these vices helps strangle the industry.
Tas is limiting our cashless gambling card to $100 per day, $500 per month and a soft cap of $5,000 per year. I’d say you gotta try harder, Dan. You can tell it’ll be effective because the hospitality and gaming industries are big mad about it.
This sounds like a great idea.
Is there anything in place to stop people having multiple cashless gambling cards?
The cards are ostensibly tied to your identity so I guess the penalties for fraud and/or identity theft is a barrier to having multiple cards. There is supposed to be a guest card system for out-of-state gamblers but those have an expiry date.
What this will mostly do is increase the underground gambling world, addiction is not something you fix by putting a limitation.
It still works as a harm reduction measure. As with all things, making things more difficult decreases the amount of people that do it. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Every little bit of pressure on these vices helps strangle the industry.
“but it’ll just go underground” is a stupid reason to stand in the way of this
Bullshit, see smoking for an example.
This is true, however underground gambling is typically card and table games.
What this could do is stop grandma from putting $400 through a machine after going to a venue for the $8 roast of the day.