Casino operator the star was forced to switch off its poker machines and electronic gaming tables at 10 p.m. on Saturday night after a tech upgrade went wrong the issue has affected its three casinos treasury Brisbane uh the Star Gold Coast and the star Sydney the company's been upgrading its it systems in preparation for cashless gaming which is scheduled to begin on August 30 in an ASX release today the star said it decided to close its pokies and electronic gaming tables to ensure it remain compliant with relevant gaming regulations it's working with external gaming provider Konami to fix the problem the Stars shares well they dropped more than 2% at the open today they bounced back a little bit finished down by 1 a half%