While ClubsACT has supported the trial, chief executive Jeff House said he would not recommend clubs take part in a 12-month trial of mandatory pre-commitment technology if it spanned a federal election campaign. He said there was no guarantee the Coalition would not kill the trial if it won the election, scheduled to be held by November 30, and clubs would not be inclined to commit to a trial that might be abandoned because of a change of government.

The federal government needs the support of ACT clubs for the trial to happen.

While individual ACT clubs can choose whether they sign up to the trial, ClubsACT is generally seen as a lobby group in line with industry opinion.

Mr House said he would call for a meeting of ACT clubs as soon as the watered-down pokie legislation proposed by federal independent Andrew Wilkie passed both houses of Parliament.

The meeting will discuss the timing of the trial in relation to the election as well as the Coalition's stance on the trial, which has so far been lukewarm.

Mr House said he thought the date should be pushed back until after the election.

New equipment for the trial must be decided on as well as how the results will be measured and whether Queanbeyan clubs will be invited into the trial or whether punters leaking across the border to get away from betting restrictions would simply be counted.

A spokeswoman for the opposition families spokesman Kevin Andrews said the Coalition remained supportive of voluntary, not mandatory, pre-commitment technology that allowed punters to preset how much money they were prepared to lose.

In terms of the ACT trial, the spokeswoman said the Coalition was still reviewing the legislation.

A spokeswoman for Families Minister Jenny Macklin said the legislation required the Productivity Commission to conduct an independent evaluation of the trial results.