Clubs ACT will meet to consider the Gillard government's offer to host a trial of mandatory pre-commitment technology for poker machines this week.
In late January, Prime Minister Julia Gillard reneged on her deal with anti-pokies MP Andrew Wilkie to tackle problem gambling by rolling out the measures by 2014, in return for his support of her minority government.
Pre-commitment technology requires people to set limits on the amount of money they are willing to lose on high-betting machines which can chew through an average $1200 an hour.
Instead Ms Gillard has opted to run a trial of the technology in the ACT and delay the decision on a national roll out until 2016.
She has offered ACT clubs $37.1 million from February 2013 to host the trial, to cover the cost of mandatory pre-commitment technology on poker machines and boost counselling funding.
The clubs will meet on Thursday February 16 in Canberra.
Clubs ACT boss Jeff House said the purpose of the meeting was to identify issues that need to be further negotiated with the federal government.
"The discussions with the federal government have been conducted in good faith and this will not change," Mr House said in a statement.
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