Critics have questioned the Tasmanian government's commitment to nation-leading pokies reforms after the premier said a "more measured approach" was needed.

In 2022, then-treasurer Michael Ferguson heralded the planned introduction of a cashless gaming card as the "gold standard of harm minimisation measures".

Under the scheme, gamblers would have their losses capped at $100 per day, $500 per month and $5,000 per year.

The scheme was originally meant to roll out by the end of this year, but it has since been delayed until December 2025.

On Monday, Premier Jeremy Rockliff was asked if the government was still committed to the mandatory scheme.

"We're working through that now," Mr Rockliff said.

"And I expect to make a decision in the not-too-distant future when it comes to all the available information in terms of cost of implementation, in terms of impact on business, particularly in regional areas, and when it comes to the increase in other technologies, such as facial recognition."

Earlier this month, under questioning in parliament, the government revealed it had sought advice from consultancy firm Deloitte about the scheme's impact on the hospitality and tourism sectors.

The government is also assessing feedback from a discussion paper, which was released by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission in September.

"You would expect us to be very considered in our approach," Mr Rockliff said.

Scheme will cause mass venue closures, THA says

Mr Rockliff made his comments shortly after the Tasmanian Hospitality Association (THA) warned that mandatory cashless cards would have a devastating impact on the local industry.

"On some of the data we've got, it'll close up to half of our venues if the cashless card system went ahead," THA chief executive Steve Old said.

The ABC requested the data from the THA, but it declined to provide it.

Mr Old said the government should instead introduce a facial recognition system to prevent self-excluded gamblers from entering gaming venues.

In 2022, there were 353 people on the exclusion scheme, while Tasmania's gambling regulator estimated that 90 per cent of "at risk" pokies players were not part of the scheme.

Mr Old said the facial recognition technology would be more targeted and effective than mandatory cashless gaming cards.

"So, if you're an excluded gambler that goes into a venue and you're on facial [recognition] technology, you walk in the door, [it] buzzes off to someone in the venue, and you don't spend a cent in that venue.

"And I think that's a great outcome for a person who's got a problem."

In 2022, the Tasmania Liquor and Gaming Commission found facial recognition was "not an effective tool for wider prevention of harm in gaming venues".

The commission also found that more than 70 per cent of people who contact Tasmanian gambling helplines do so due to pokies, with online betting the second highest at 14 per cent, following by race betting at 9 per cent.

Critics say government is 'walking away' from reforms

Independent MLC Meg Webb, a long-time anti-pokies campaigner, said the industry was putting "intense pressure" on the government to "either water down or entirely kill off the pokies card".

She said she would move a motion on Tuesday calling on the government to release the terms of reference for the Deloitte report.

"What we're seeing from the government is an attempt to set up a rationale to walk away from the card through this secretive Deloitte analysis that's being undertaken," Ms Webb said.

Greens MP Vica Bayley said the premier's push for a "more measured approach" showed the government would not follow through with its original commitment.

"The pokies lobbyists are winning yet again," Mr Bayley said.

"All of this simply to protect the profits of the pokies industry."