The senior NSW frontbencher has told Premier Dominic Perrottet he will excuse himself from cabinet discussions on cashless gaming.
A report from the NSW Crime Commission found poker machines were being used to wash dirty cash from proceeds of crime and recommended a cashless gaming card.
Elliott, a former executive at the NSW Australian Hotels Association and a director of Castle Hill RSL, last week “I’m keen to find where in the world the cashless card has worked. I want it to work. I want people in NSW to have confidence their loved ones are not throwing away their money,” Elliott said on Friday.Premier Dominic Perrottet is determined to reform the state’s poker machines.Elliott insisted the government was serious about tackling problem gambling, but warned targeting poker machines could see people turn to other forms of gambling, such as lottery tickets.
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