Facial recognition is controversial in Australia, especially because of the lack of regulation on its deployment. But that has not discouraged businesses from launching it, citing security. For instance, Australian Turf Club recently hired Oosto to deploy the technology to help improve security and identify people.
This seems more like data collection to me than “security”, its not like “someone got punched in our venue put them on the list” and more like “gambling makes you a bad person, and this is an excuse to sell data”