A NSW pub owned by Craig Laundy’s hospitality group has been slapped with an $11,000 fine in a crackdown on ATMs located too close to poker machines, and dozens of other venues have been put on notice for similar breaches.

A compliance blitz by NSW liquor and gaming regulators has landed 70 pubs and hotels with penalty notices for breaching new laws requiring ATMs to be located at least five metres away from electronic gaming machines.

The Northlakes Tavern in Charmhaven on the state’s Central Coast, operated within the Laundy Hotel Group, was last month issued the fine after an investigation by the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority found a cash machine located next to the pub’s entrance had the potential to promote gambling harm.

The investigation revealed more than $750,000 had

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