Pokies Giant Mounties Accused of Facilitating $140M in Illegal Gambling

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Pokies Giant Mounties Accused of Facilitating $140M in Illegal Gambling

By Tony Ibrahim | August 6, 2025


The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has launched a civil case against Mounties Group, a major operator of poker machines in Sydney, accusing the company of allowing high-risk gamblers to wager over $140 million using potentially illicit funds. The case is the first of its kind against a registered club and is being heard in the Federal Court.


Mounties Group, which operates nine venues across Sydney's south-west, Northern Beaches, and the Central Coast, is alleged to have failed to implement adequate anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) controls. According to AUSTRAC, the company's network of over 1,400 poker machines processed $4.17 billion in transactions from 2019 to 2023.


The financial crimes intelligence agency claims that the company's compliance system was

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