
NOW YOU CAN MAKE CASH DONATIONS AT THE ATM
Australia’s leading independent ATM deployer, Banktech, has begun converting many of its 2,500 CashConnect ATM Plus devices with technology that will allow people who prefer to use cash to easily donate…

ILGA REPORT RECOMMENDS CROWN SYDNEY NO GAMING LICENCE
A probe into Crown Resorts has recommended the embattled gaming giant be denied a Sydney casino licence, in a crippling blow to its $2.2bn Barangaroo project. In a report tabled to the state parliament,…

NSW POKER MACHINE PROFITS SURGED AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Profits from poker machine gambling in NSW clubs surged despite the COVID-19 pandemic, State Government data obtained by the ABC has revealed.
Gamblers across the state lost $2.17 billion to poker machines…

JOIN WGHA WEBINAR ON PROMOTING INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY
February 2021
Women in Gaming & Hospitality Australasia (WGHA) has opened registration to industry members in their first interactive webinar of 2021 on 11th February 1330 to 1430. The webinar…

NSW YOUTH GAMBLING STUDY 2020
About the study
The study aimed to increase understanding of gambling and simulated gambling by young people aged 12-17 years in NSW, in order to prevent and reduce gambling harm.
How young people…

FACIAL RECOGNITION: The automated answer to detecting barred or excluded persons
What exactly is The Guardian?
It’s a fully integrated, market-leading, cloud-based facial recognition system that identifies barred persons as they enter a gaming area, by matching them against a…

UNITE & RAISE BUSHFIRE APPEAL
In February this year Smart Exposure and the Bushfire Appeal Committee held a hospitality industry fundraising event to assist south coast NSW communities that had battled valiantly through the devastating…

RESEARCH: COVID TO CURB FESTIVE SEASON THIS YEAR
This festive season is set to be a COVID Christmas, marked by less spending, less socialising and less traveling internationally, although there will be an increased focus on exploring local attractions,…

FREEDOM FOR MELBOURNE! AS HOSPITALITY GETS BACK TO WORK
VIC Premier finally announces an end to Melbourne's lockdown
The Victorian Premier has finally resolved to open Melbourne up after months of harsh lockdown. This is what you can do now.
For the official…

IT’S OFFICIAL! CLUB RIVERS HAS AUSTRALIA’S KINDEST CAFÉ.
October 1st was International Coffee Day. This year it was also the inaugural Youth Off The Streets Cup of Kindness Day where supporting cafes from across Australia were asked to celebrate good coffee…