Sydney's casinos given more breathing room on moving to cashless gaming
The delay will help avoid the possible loss of thousands of jobs and provide the under-pressure casino operators with financial relief.
Punters at Star Entertainment's Sydney casino and Crown Resorts in Barangaroo can gamble up to $5000 in cash every day, but that was due to fall to a daily $1000 cash limit on August 19.
However, Star and Crown requested a delay to the limits over concerns it could drive out customers.
A spokesman for Gaming Minister David Harris said the government has granted requests from the casinos to 'continue transitional arrangements for reduced daily cash limits' until August 19, 2027.
'The continuation of this arrangement was approved in recognition of several factors, including the effectiveness of other financial crime measures, particularly mandatory carded play and improved customer risk assessment processes aimed at preventing money laundering, along with concerns by casino operators about potential employment impacts,' the spokesman said.
The spokesman said the 'transitional arrangements may be revoked at any time during the two-year period'.
Under the NSW Casino Control Act, customers at Crown and The Star will eventually be limited to loading $1000 cash per day onto their respective carded systems before gambling. This limit will only apply to cash transactions.
The new limits were due to start in August 2024, but the casino operators requested an extension, which was granted. A second extension has now been granted.
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