Minns,who has faced fierce criticism for inaction on gambling reform over recent months,said he wanted to stamp out criminal activity in pubs and clubs as well as reducing problem gambling.
“I said from the outset this is a complicated policy area and we needed an evidenced-based approach to make sure any measures we introduced would work and wouldn’t have any unintended consequences,” he said.
“Under Labor,we’ll have an evidence-based approach,less pokies in NSW and a range of harm minimisation measures.”
Minns said a Labor government would also reduce the cash feed-in limits in new machines from $5000 to $500 from July 1.
The 12-month mandatory Labor trial would begin in July this year and include 500 poker machines across pubs and clubs in metro and regional areas. It will include a variety of different cashless technologies.
While Labor has now committed to a mandatory trial for the cashless technology,Premier Dominic Perrottet last year announced that his government would introduce cashless gaming for poker machines across the state this year.