All pokies in NSW to go cashless to tackle gambling harm under new Coalition plan

New South Wales pubs and clubs will be given five years to introduce cashless gaming systems across all poker machines, under a plan developed by the state government.

An independent taskforce would oversee the transition to universal cashless gaming between 2024 and 2028.

Gamblers will have self-imposed spending limits, which can be altered, and the implementation team will consider daily limits. No personal data will be collected or retained by the government or pubs and clubs.

Regional pubs and clubs will receive financial assistance to make up for losses in revenue including one-off grants to invest in other sources of income including live music or food.

Venues will also be provided zero-interest loans to pay for changing their systems.

Perrottet will announce the plan at a press conference on Monday, with plans to legislate towards the middle of the year if the Coalition is returned to power.

He began pushing for reforms off the back of a damning NSW Crime Commission report last year that found widespread laundering through poker machines across the state. The commission recommended a cashless system.

The ClubsNSW board met and voted to remove the chief executive, Josh Landis, on Tuesday after calls were made for his resignation by the opposition leader, Chris Minns, and Greenwich.

ClubsNSW last week released a new code of conduct for venues that Landis at the time said would serve as sufficient reforms for the sector as he continued to fight against the introduction of mandatory cashless gaming cards.

The plan was dismissed by experts and gambling reform advocates as doing too little and doing so too late.

The NSW state election is on 25 March.