NSW Labor will conduct a 12-month trial of cashless gaming cards and ban political donations from clubs should it win the next election.
Opposition leader Chris Minns announced the plans on Monday after weeks of back and forth with the government on the best way of tackling problem gambling and money laundering through pokies.
A ban on the Labor party accepting donations from clubs with pokie machines would take immediate effect and under a Labor government would become law, Mr Minns said.
Should it win the next election, the Labor party would also introduce cash feed-in limits of $500 on all new pokie machines from July 2023.
The cap would represent a ten-fold reduction to the current $5000 limit in place, with the party saying it would also reduce feed-in limits in existing older machines where possible.
Mr Minns has resisted Premier Dominic Perrottet's proposal to introduce cashless gaming cards, calling for more evidence of how the system would operate.
If Labor wins the next election a 12-month trial of the cards, beginning in July 2023, would be conducted in a limited number of venues, involving at least 500 machines across a mix of metro and regional areas.
The trial would be overseen by an independent panel, including representatives from industry, law enforcement, gambling and health experts and academics.
Mr Minns said a $100 million penalty fine paid by Star Casino would go towards reimbursing participating venues for loss of revenue caused by the trial.
