Insights · Liquor & Gaming
Liquor & Gaming
Briefings on NSW liquor and gaming regulation: ILGA application practice, the CIS framework, gaming machine controls, and the operational rules that govern licensed venues.
5 briefings
Inspectors in the Gaming Room: The Winter Compliance Push
Liquor & Gaming NSW inspectors have visited more than 300 Sydney metropolitan venues over the past two months and spoken with over 480 gaming-room staff, testing not paperwork but people: whether staff can recognise and respond to indicators of gambling harm. A read of what the inspections focus on and what well-run venues have ready.
Read briefing- 15 May 20266 min read
Buying a Gaming Venue in 2026: The Forfeiture Squeeze
Gaming machine entitlements don't transfer cleanly with a venue sale. The forfeiture scheme claws back one entitlement in every block of two or three transferred, the pools are closed (hotel-to-hotel, club-to-club), and the reform trajectory is pointed firmly downward. With the Audit Office's June 2026 recommendations bearing down on the scheme, a practical read of how forfeiture reshapes the economics of a venue acquisition.
Read briefing - 26 April 20265 min read
What Changed in April: Hospitality and Racing
The April 2026 Hospitality and Racing newsletter sets the Annual Liquor Licence Fee deadlines, gazettes a new Facial Recognition Code of Practice under the Gaming Machines Act, and confirms NSW has assumed responsibility for liquor sales at four major airports. A practical reading of what each item actually requires.
Read briefing - 2 April 20265 min read
After 1 April: The New Six-Hour Shutdown
From 1 April 2026, all NSW gaming machine venues must observe a mandatory six-hour shutdown between 4am and 10am, following the revocation of 649 ILGA-delegated exemptions and 10 ILGA-direct exemptions that had previously permitted shorter shutdowns at approximately 20% of NSW gaming venues. A practical reading of the change and the affected hours.
Read briefing - 28 March 20266 min read
The Liquor Licence Reforms, in Practice
Recent changes to ILGA application processing, Community Impact Statement standards, and the precinct-based assessment regime, and what they mean for new applications, transfers and variations across NSW.
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