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Australia Considers Adopting Failed US Casino Gambling Cards
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA --
A system already tried and rejected in Missouri to use gambling swipe cards to enter casinos is being considered in Australia. In an effort to curb problem gambling, Australian gambling regulators are thinking of using smart identification cards to prevent compulsive gamblers from playing at casinos.
The Independent Gambling Authority wants to ensure problem gamblers in South Australia are adequately protected, and may ask SkyCity Casino to start using swipe cards to prevent barred gamblers from entering surreptitiously.
Advocates of the plan say the cost to the casino of constructing a physical entrance where cards would be checked before entering would be minimal. But casino officials say the cost in lost business would be far greater, and the solution is equivalent to shooting mosquitoes with a cannon.
Missouri attempted to use swipe cards to identify problem gamblers, as well as enforce its gambling limit law. But customers fled the state in droves to visit casinos in neighboring states, and Missouri removed the card-checking stations and cancelled the loss-limits law.
Gaming industry experts say that identification cards drive away many more customers who value their privacy while only protecting a scant few. SkyCity has asked the province to consider reworking laws protecting problem gamblers, which hold the casino accountable if even one banned gambler sneaks in.
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