Queensland money laundering laws to restrict cash gambling at casinos

Laws include mandatory pre-commitment requirements, gambling breaks and an enforceable casino code of conduct

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Queenslanders will be banned from gambling more than a few hundred dollars in cash at the state’s casinos in a single day after money laundering legislation passed the state parliament on Wednesday.

The new legislation also implements rules designed to protect problem gamblers, including mandatory pre-commitment requirements, gambling breaks and an enforceable casino code of conduct.

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