00:00The Tasmanian government may not be proceeding with a cashless gaming card with loss limits but reform advocates haven't given up on it.
00:11We cannot wait for a national response. We need to help those people now.
00:17The government's pushing ahead with a different plan in the name of harm reduction.
00:21The time gaming rooms will need to shut will increase from four to seven hours a day.
00:26But exactly when is up to the owner.
00:28There will also be QR codes at venues so you can immediately sign up for the self-exclusion program, effectively banning yourself.
00:36And more facial recognition technology keeping watch for people who have self-excluded.
00:41But the biggest change will be to the way you pay to play.
00:44A voucher system means instead of feeding cash into the pokies, you'd buy a voucher from a machine and use that to play.
00:51Each voucher can be for up to $200, but there'd be no limits on how many you could buy.
00:57Any winnings would also come in the form of a voucher, which could be redeemed for cash or used to play on other machines.
01:03The purpose of all this is to have breaks and force breaks in the time in front of a poker machine.
01:13There are still some details to come and there are no timelines.
01:17The voucher system would be similar to the one used in New South Wales, which some researchers argue is open to abuse.
01:24They're used as a way of criminals paying each other, so it's like a simplified money laundering system.
01:33AUSTRAC, the nation's financial crimes watchdog, says cashless gaming makes money laundering harder and has welcomed the change.
01:41At any one time, you can only loan $200 onto a ticket, so it would be a very tedious task for anybody engaged in money laundering.
01:52Hospitality Tasmania, which opposes a mandatory pre-commitment card, has welcomed the government's new approach,
01:59saying the focus should be on helping problem gamblers, not restricting those who game responsibly.
02:05It's noted many venues around the state are already using facial recognition technology.
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