Mounties cannot escape responsibility for allowing money launderers

April 27, 2026 — 4:33pm

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The admission by Mounties – one of Australia’s largest club groups – it allowed 13 customers to launder up to $226 million through poker machines is another self-regulation fail by a NSW gambling operator under the wilfully blind eye of government.

The watchdog agency, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, is suing Mounties in the Federal Court for non-compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, arguing the club did not do enough to prevent, identify and punish criminal networks that have flourished on the gaming floor.

Until now, Mounties has defended itself claiming it had relied “in........

© The Sydney Morning Herald