Resources
AUSTRAC has tightened the rules around gaming payouts — and Cruz Payouts can help you and your venue comply.
Updated thresholds, stricter ID checks, and new staff obligations mean your current payout processes need a close look.
Our resources cover exactly what's changed and what your venue needs to do about it.
Our resources cover exactly what's changed and what your venue needs to do about it.
Articles:
The game has changed
Australia has been tightening its AML/CTF (Anti-Money Laundering /Counter-Terrorism Financing) framework significantly, with gaming venues — pubs, and clubs (and casinos) — squarely in focus of the shift from education to expectation.
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May 25, 2026
Regulatory Shift
Payouts - The highest risk control point
Unlike many other sectors, gaming through an EGM at a pub or club has a unique concept of an unknown player. Until a payout is made, a player remains unknown to a venue.
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May 25, 2026
The control point
Compliance + Payment: Integration reduces risk
Too often businesses across sectors consider compliance an extra responsibility, over and above what they need to do with the product or service they sell or provide.
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June 9, 2026
Reducing Risk
AFSL: Australian Financial Services Licence, AHA: Australian Hotels Association, AUSTRAC: Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, ISO: International Organisation for Standardisation NPP: New Payments Program.
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