Patrons at the Twin Towns Services Club in Tweed Heads are now able to sign up to use cashless gaming technology as the state’s expanded trial begins.
The Twin Towns Services Club will trial the technology on all of its 596 gaming machines and will be the largest trial site in regional NSW.
Patrons of Twin Towns Services Club can now also receive a demonstration on how to use the updated machines as technology provider ebet completes the final stages of testing at the site.
“We view this technology as a natural progression of society’s move to use less cash in their daily lives and move to more digital payment platforms,” said Twin Towns Services Club Chief Executive Officer, Rob Smith.
“In our highly regulated environment this is not as simple as ‘tap and go’ and needs to bring with it safeguards for players and the industry.
“Being part of that evolution, with our partners ebet, is ensuring that the solution we end up with meets everybody’s needs, with the players at the centre of that mission,” he said.
The expanded trial is being overseen by the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform which has approved 27 venues to take part, including 21 clubs and six hotels across 23 local government areas.
The trial will continue to roll out across NSW in a staged approach with more venues to switch on during April, including West HQ (Rooty Hill RSL Club), which will have 720 gaming machines in the trial.
Overall, the technology will be installed in over 4,000 gaming machines across NSW, surpassing the NSW Government’s election commitment of 500 machines.
The panel is scheduled to report to the government in November 2024.
