The premier said no regional carve-out would take place under his leadership.
The position is in stark difference to a possible exemption for cashless cards for pubs and clubs in regional NSW that Deputy Premier Paul Toole has been open to.
Asked about discussions between the Coalition partners, Mr Toole stressed that pubs and clubs in the bush were very different to pubs and clubs in the city.
“The premier has made it very clear that cashless gaming is the destination,” he told reporters last week.
“I’ve made it very clear that the road to get there needs to be a sensible one because we all know that a large venue in the city is very different to a small venue in the bush.”
The government is yet to release its policy for reform of the state’s poker machine industry, although Mr Perrottet has committed to strong changes.
“We will fix the problem that was identified by the crime commission. We will protect jobs, we will work with industry, and I believe we can do both,” he said.
“The policy is this — we are having cashless gaming in NSW. That is the destination. The finer details are being worked out.”
Both parties have been under pressure to introduce cashless gaming for poker machines, after a NSW Crime Commission report released last year found billions of dollars in dirty cash was being laundered through the machines every year.
The Greens have been critical of the influence of the gambling lobby on both major political parties, and said unless a statewide mandatory card was introduced then money laundering would move to the regions.
Greens MP Cate Faehrmann also dismissed arguments put forward by Mr Toole that regional clubs were needed to fund grassroots community organisations.
“Those regional clubs say they provide an essential community service ... when in actual fact it’s a service the government should be providing,” she said.
The major reform is a hot button issue ahead of the state election in March.
Labor revealed its poker machine reform policy last week, including a 12-month trial of cashless gaming cards, the removal of signs outside gaming venues and new self-exclusion registers.
Party leader Chris Minns hit back at the Coalition on Friday, saying “it’s 14 weeks since the Crime Commission Report, it’s about time the speculation ended and the policy was released”.
He has also not committed to introducing cashless gaming on all pokies, saying he wants evidence the cards are effective.
Treasurer Matt Kean described the Opposition’s proposed poker machine reforms as a policy “written by the gaming industry”.
“The gaming industry will be popping the champagne corks after reading Chris Minns’ policy,” Mr Kean said.
“This is a gaming policy written by the gaming industry for the gaming industry.”
