Billions in ‘dirty’ money going into NSW pokies should be addressed by cashless gaming card, crime commission says

Review finds measure is needed to break link between organised crime and gaming machines'

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New South Wales should introduce a cashless gambling card to address the billions of dollars in dirty" money being gambled in pubs and clubs in the state every year, the state's crime commission has found.

On Wednesday a joint law enforcement agency inquiry into money laundering in NSW issued a damning final report that found large sums" of the proceeds of crime are gambled by criminals in pubs and clubs across the state, rewarding and perpetuating crime in the community".

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