Gaming machine regulation

The Intoxication Guidelines and Prevention of Intoxication Guidelines have been updated to reflect the exemption which allows licensees and staff to exercise discretion to allow intoxicated patrons to remain on licensed premises where necessary for medical assistance or to arrange transport off the premises.

Liquor & Gaming NSW (L&GNSW) is warning licensed venues about emerging social media trends that may contribute to alcohol-related harm and undermine responsible service obligations.

Indigenous Rabbitohs players are reminding Aboriginal young people to focus on the game, not the punt in a social media campaign that encourages conversations around gambling harm.

The General Manager of Seven Hills RSL, who received more than $280,000 in undisclosed cash payments from a club contractor, has been banned from holding office in NSW registered clubs for five years following a Liquor & Gaming NSW (L&GNSW) investigation.

Former Gladstone Hotel Stockton licensee, Tracy Keegan, has been banned for a further two years after a Liquor & Gaming NSW (L&GNSW) investigation found she remained associated with licensed venues despite an existing disqualification over an incident where a patron consumed 23 alcoholic drinks.