The Independent Liquor and Gambling Authority’s centralized monitoring system, which records the activity of every machine in 15-minute intervals, has uncovered significant “suspicious activity”.
In one report for a single local government area over a 12-hour period on August 4 last year, there were repeated cases of player behavior that points to money laundering.
In one instance, $1485.79 was put into a poker machine at 2pm, and the exact amount taken out three minutes later without a single bet being placed.
There were many similar examples, where at least $1000 was put into a poker machine, no or very few bets were placed, and then several minutes later the identical amount was taken out.
The scathing Bergin inquiry report into Crown Resorts found the casino giant “facilitated money laundering”, prompting the chair of the NSW gambling authority to say money laundering is also an issue plaguing clubs and pubs.
Poker machines are dispersed across 4000 venues in NSW, with only 1500 of the total 96,000 machines in the Star casino. Gambling machines can be used to assist the money laundering process where the origin of illegally obtained funds is concealed by a sequence of transfers or transactions.
Reason why the Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello, is presenting with the support of clubs a digital wallet for pokies in order to reduce the gap that money laundry actors can find in the industry
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