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IAG NOV 2022年11月 亞博匯 20 CASHLESS GAMING TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY IN NSW 新南威爾斯州試行無現金博彩 THE FIRST CASHLESS GAMING TRIAL to be held in the Australian state of New South Wales is officially underway. Around 200 members of Wests Newcastle leagues club were given access to the new technology in early October as part of a three-month trial aimed at reducing the risk of gambling harm and bolstering anti- money laundering controls. The trial comes in the wake of multiple regulatory inquiries held across Australia, including two in NSW, which found Crown Resorts unsuitable to hold a casino license for Crown Sydney and Star Entertainment Group unsuitable to hold a license for The Star Sydney. Both Crown and Star reached an agreement with the state’s gaming regulator last year to transition towards cashless gaming as part of efforts to ensure suitability, while new regulations which came into effect in September set a daily limit of $1,000 (US$690) on cash transactions for each patron at the state’s casinos and require mandatory carded play. Minister for Hospitality and Racing Kevin Anderson said the start of a three-month trial of cashless gaming at Wests Newcastle will test how the technology operates in real-life conditions and its potential benefits for venues and patrons. “The trial is part of an exciting new era where innovations such as digital wallets offer customers greater convenience and control over their spending and help venues and authorities identify suspected cases of money laundering,” he said. The trial, which has seen four suppliers approved to take part – Aristocrat, IGT, Light & Wonder and Utopia Gaming – allows users to set limits on session length, frequency of play, amount spent and total bets within a given timeframe. Once set, these limits cannot be changed for 24 hours. 澳洲新南威爾斯州 日前正式開始試行無現金博彩試 驗。 10月初，來自Wests Newcastle的約200名成 員獲授權使用這項新技術，參與為期三個月的試 驗。該試驗旨在降低賭博危害的風險並加強反洗錢 管控。 近期，澳洲各地發起多項監管調查，其中在新 州的兩起調查中發現，皇冠度假村不適格持有悉尼 賭牌，而星億集團則不適格持有The Star Sydney 的賭牌。 皇冠與星億隨後先後與該州的博彩監管機構 達成協議，向無現金博彩過渡。而就在今年9月生 效的新規定中，對該州賭場的現金交易設定每日 1,000美元（690美元）的限額，並要求使用會員 卡。 款客及賽馬部門負責人Kevin Anderson表示， 在Wests Newcastle開始為期三個月的無現金博彩 試驗，將測試該技術在現實生活條件下的運行情 況，以及其對於博彩場地及玩家的潛在好處。 他表示：「在當今這個令人興奮的新時代，數 字錢包等創新為客戶提供了更大的便利，令他們管 控自己的支出，並幫助場館及當局識別涉嫌洗錢的 案件。」 此外，IGT、Light & Wonder和Utopia Gaming 三家供應商亦獲批准參與試驗。該項試驗允許用戶 在指定的時間內設置玩樂時長、頻率、消費金額及 總投注額等限制。一旦設置，這些限制在24小時內 將無法更改。