Liquor & Gaming NSW sits in the Hospitality and Racing group in the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport.
Our focus
At Liquor & Gaming NSW we:
- undertake compliance and enforcement activities
- advise the government
- license certain activities and
- provide support and education to industry.
We work hard to:
- Ensure people enjoy vibrant and safe liquor and gaming environments
- Focus our efforts on areas with the highest risks.
Our functions
We're responsible for:
- administering the regulatory framework
- providing policy advice to Government
- industry supervision activities including:
- licensing decision-making and administration
- compliance operations
- investigations
- revenue assurance and integrity oversight of casino operations.
- regulatory education
- customer experience
- leading strategic initiatives and planning
- policy and program implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
This includes:
- 20 acts to regulate
- 19,000+ liquor licenses in NSW
- 17,600+ reports received annually
- $3.3 billion of revenue assured annually
Our inspectors
Learn about the important role Liquor & Gaming NSW inspectors play in ensuring venues operate safely and responsibly.
Our strategic and regulatory priorities
The following key documents outline our current strategic and regulatory priorities.
Strategy, vision and mission
Strategy 2026-28 is a three-year plan that guides the priorities of Hospitality and Racing. It helps deliver the Government's reform agenda.
- Our vision is for vibrant, safe, and responsible hospitality and racing sectors.
- Our mission is to proactively work to minimise harm while supporting industry to develop responsibly in line with community expectations.
- When exercising our regulatory functions, we are proactive, confront high risk behaviours, promote a culture of safety and responsibility and are committed to minimising harm.
See Hospitality and Racing Strategy 2026-28
Liquor & Gaming NSW Regulatory Priorities
- Our Regulatory Priorities show where we are focusing our efforts.
- We share our regulatory priorities annually to address key issues.
- We encourage industry engagement on these topics.
For details on our current focus areas, and for previous annual priorities, see our Regulatory Priorities.
Compliance, Enforcement and Assurance Delivery Plans
Our work focuses on reducing harm and addressing the highest regulatory risks.
- The Hospitality and Racing Strategy 2026-28 sets out our strategic direction
- The Liquor & Gaming NSW Regulatory Priorities for 2026 (PDF 138.93KB) outline the areas we are focusing on this year.
Delivery Plan campaign outcomes
The following outcomes address the program deliverables from the Delivery Plans.
Our initiatives
We’re committed to creating and executing initiatives that benefit the wider community.
Our focus is on supporting businesses in providing liquor and gaming services - while managing the impact these services could have on customers and the community.
Our initiatives include:
Responsible Gambling Fund
- The Responsible Gambling Fund (RGF) finances programs and services.
- These aim to reduce and help individuals experiencing gambling harm across NSW.
Liquor Accords
- Liquor Accords are voluntary community partnerships. We empower Accords to deliver innovative strategies that address local issues.
- They develop strategies to reduce alcohol-related harm in local communities. We aim to build and support liquor accords to be effective in:
- reducing alcohol-related violence
- antisocial behaviour
- and other harm.
- Our Liquor Accords Strategy 2026-28 details our objectives.
Infrastructure Grants
- Infrastructure grants offer state-wide funding for large projects.
- These projects are associated with sport, health, and community infrastructure.
For details see Infrastructure Grants
Community Development Fund
- The Community Development Fund creates and implements programs for community benefit.
- The fund is financed through unclaimed poker machine jackpots and gaming machine tickets.
Corporate documents
See our Corporate publications including annual reports, plans and policy documents.