00:02While a win on the pokies is far from assured, the government says one thing is certain.
00:07From 2028, punters will be screened by facial recognition technology in every venue.
00:13If the person enters, that triggers the alarm, if you like.
00:18But only if they're on a state-wide exclusion register.
00:21Family and friends can apply to have someone added to it, but it'll be mostly voluntary.
00:26We need a commitment, a timeline commitment, to the introduction of mandatory, universal, account-based gambling.
00:35Under what's being proposed, New South Wales would remain the world champion in poker machine prevalence.
00:40There are more than 93,000 poker machine entitlements in New South Wales.
00:45The government's decided that for every two that are traded between venues, one of them will have to be forfeited.
00:51But the minister argues people are putting too much emphasis on machine numbers.
00:55We're focused on technology that will actually make a difference, not glib, sort of cutting numbers.
01:03Accessibility, whether it comes to the number of machines or when they are operating, makes a huge difference.
01:09The government will consider increasing the 4am to 10am shutdown period, but it's making no promises.
01:15Labor can't be trusted when it comes to acting on poker machines.
01:19It's got revenue in the budget increasing every year.
01:23This package is also missing the so-called super profits tax that Labor delegates voted for at state conference.
01:29They hoped it would apply to venues that raise more than $20 million a year in gaming machine revenue.
01:35The government says the idea isn't dead yet.
01:38The tax issue is absolutely on the agenda.
01:41Clubs New South Wales says it's still digesting the plan, but has promised to work constructively with the government.
01:47Clubs New South Wales is still on the agenda, because of the government in the government,
01:47the government's long-term to measure the costs of government,
01:48the government's long-term to change the money.
01:51The government says they're quitting, but if it is a new government does not have to pay it.
01:53In 2020, it's a new government.
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