Gambling Regulation (Interim) Regulations 2004
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table of provisions
Regulation Page
Regulation Page
Part 1—Preliminary 1
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provision 2
3. Commencement 2
4. Definitions 2
Part 2—General Prohibition on Gambling 9
5. Standards and conditions for devices and games at amusement centres, fetes, carnivals etc. 9
6. Corresponding laws—betting houses etc. 10
7. Corresponding laws—betting in public places 11
8. Corresponding laws—promoting or advertising unauthorised bettingetc. 12
9. Corresponding laws—possession of instrument of betting 12
Part 3—Gaming Machines 14
Division 1—Display of Time of Day 14
10. Gaming machines to display time of day 14
11. Venue operator to notify gaming operator about time displays 16
12. Gaming operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine without time display 17
13. Casino operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine
without time display 17
Division 2—Lighting and External Views 17
14. Measuring illuminance 17
15. Lighting in gaming machine area of approved venues 17
16. Lighting in areas of casino 18
17. Windows not to be removed or obscured—approved venues 18
18. Windows not to be removed or obscured—casino 19
Division 3—Printed Information 19
19. Posters 19
20. Talkers 20
21. Brochures 21
22. Commission to provide information to gaming operators and casino operator 22
23. Gaming operator to provide sufficient copies of player information 22
24. Change in Minister' specifications 23
Division 4—Electronic Information 24
25. What is electronic game information? 24
26. Gaming machines must generate and display electronic game information 25
27. What is electronic player information? 25
28. Gaming machines must generate and display electronic player information 27
29. Venue operator to notify gaming operator if electronic information fails 28
30. Gaming operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine without electronic information display 29
31. Casino operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine
without electronic information display 29
Division 5—Jackpot Information 29
32. What is jackpot information? 29
33. Provision of jackpot information 30
34. Jackpot information talkers 30
Division 6—Electronic Jackpot Information 31
35. Application of Division 31
36. Electronic jackpot information 32
37. Venue operator to notify gaming operator if electronic jackpot information fails 32
38. Gaming operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine without electronic jackpot information display 33
39. Casino operator not to allow gaming on gaming machine
without electronic jackpot information display 33
Division 7—Loyalty Schemes 34
40. Information to be contained in written statement 34
41. Information to be contained in player activity statement 35
Division 8—Miscellaneous 41
42. Method of determination of net cash balance 41
43. Notification of determination 42
44. Application for venue operator's licence—publication of notice 42
45. Application for listing on the Roll—publication of notice 43
46. Restricted components 43
47. Duties of special employees of venue operators 44
48. Duties of special employees of gaming operators 44
49. Duties of technicians 46
Part 4—Conduct of Wagering 47
50. Definition 47
51. Display of betting rules 47
52. Management and control of betting offices 47
53. Numbering and bracketing of selections 47
54. Provision and display of information 48
55. Determination and display of dividends or prizes 48
56. Protests 49
57. Financial statements 49
58. Payments into pools 49
59. Particulars on ticket 50
60. Significant events 50
61. Termination of acceptance of bets 52
Part 5—Trade Promotion Lotteries 53
62. Conditions of a permit to conduct a trade promotion lottery 53
63. Records in relation to trade promotion lotteries 55
64. Trade promotion lottery with prize value of $5000 or less 56
Part 6—Club Keno 58
65. Accredited representatives 58
66. Definition of club keno game 58
67. Rules of club keno 59
68. Conduct of club keno games 61
69. Publication of results 62
70. Payment of prizes 62
71. Hours for ticket sales and payment of prizes 62
72. Prohibition on minors buying tickets—notice 63
73. Reporting on club keno games 63
74. Technical specifications for club keno systems 63
75. Approval to commence club keno games 64
76. Security of certain equipment 65
Part 7—Community and Charitable Organisations 66
Division 1—Sporting or recreational clubs or associations 66
77. Sporting or recreational club or association 66
Division 2—Bingo Permits 67
78. Conditions of bingo permit and rules of bingo 67
79. Return in respect of bingo permit 67
80. Sessions, premises etc. 69
81. Money 70
82. Unsold tickets 70
83. Prizes 71
Division 3—Bingo Centres and Employees 72
84. Information to be published in application for bingo centre operator's licence 72
85. Conditions of bingo centre operator's licence 72
86. Functions of bingo centre employee 72
Division 4—Miscellaneous 73
87. Contract with bingo centre operator 73
88. Expenses payable by a bingo permit holder 73
89. Standards for bingo tickets 74
90. Standards for random number generators 74
91. Time limits 75
92. Records 75
Division 5—Lucky Envelopes 76
93. Conditions of lucky envelope permit 76
94. Standards for lucky envelopes 78
95. Records 81
Division 6—Raffles 82
96. Conditions of raffle permits 82
97. Conditions for raffles where raffle permit not required 84
98. Records 88
99. Disposal of unclaimed prizes in a raffle 88
Part 8—Fees 90
Division 1—Gaming Machines 90
100. Application for approval of premises 90
101. Application for venue operator's licence 90
102. Application for renewal of venue operator's licence 90
103. Application for amendment of venue operator's licence 90
104. Application for grant of special employee's or technician's
licence 91
105. Application for renewal of special employee's or technician's licence 91
106. Application for listing on Roll 92
107. Evaluation of a gaming machine type or game 92
Division 2—Community and Charitable Gaming 92
108. Minor gaming permit 92
109. Amendment of conditions of minor gaming permit 92
110. Bingo centre operators and bingo centre employees 92
Division 3—Miscellaneous Gaming 93
111. Calcutta Sweepstakes 93
Division 4—Trade Promotion Lotteries 93
112. Application for permit to conduct trade promotion lottery 93
113. Amendment of conditions of permit 94
Division 5—Interactive Gaming 94
114. Interactive gaming licence 94
115. Endorsement of interactive gaming licence 94
Part 9—Miscellaneous 95
116. Disclosure of protected information 95
117. Performance of Commission's functions 95
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SCHEDULES 96
SCHEDULE 1 96
SCHEDULE 2—Lighting Requirements 98
SCHEDULE 3 99
SCHEDULE 4—Club Keno Prize Table 100
SCHEDULE 5—The Rules of Bingo 102
SCHEDULE 6—Authorities and Persons to whom Protected
Information may be Disclosed—Section 10.1.34 106
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ENDNOTES 108
INDEX 109
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The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 29 June 2004
Responsible Minister:
JOHN PANDAZOPOULOS
Minister for Gaming
DIANE CASEY
Clerk of the Executive Council
Part 1—Preliminary
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to provide for—
(a) matters relating to—
(i) gaming machines; and
(ii) wagering and betting; and
(iii) trade promotion lotteries; and
(iv) club keno; and
(v) community and charitable gaming; and
(b) fees; and
(c) other matters—
that are authorised or required to be prescribed by the Gambling Regulation Act 2003.
2. Authorising provision
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These Regulations are made under section 11.2.1 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003.
3. Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2004.
4. Definitions
(1) In these Regulations—
"Act" means Gambling Regulation Act 2003;
"average horizontal illuminance", in relation to an area, means the mean horizontal illuminance averaged across a square grid of points—
(a) 0·5 metres apart within a 2·0 metre radius of any gaming machine in the area; and
(b) 2·0 metres apart within any other part of the area—
measured in the centre of each grid module;
"betting office" means any place at which the holder of the wagering licence or the wagering operator, if any, or an agent of the holder of the wagering licence or of the wagering operator accepts bets;
"bingo permit" means a minor gaming permit that authorises the holder to conduct a session or sessions of bingo games as specified in the permit;
"book-buyer's prize" means a prize for which a person is eligible by reason of having purchased a particular book of tickets;
"bracket" means the coupling of more than one selection under the one list number;
"bracket number" means the number given to a bracket by the holder of the wagering licence or the wagering operator, if any;
"brochure" includes booklet, pamphlet and leaflet;
"cashier area" means an area in an approved venue or casino where a person may collect or redeem gaming tokens from a cashier;
"cash outlet" means any place at which the holder of the wagering licence or the wagering operator, if any, or an agent of the holder of the wagering licence or of the wagering operator accepts bets in cash from investors;
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"club keno system" means an electronic system for conducting and monitoring club keno games, including terminals and peripheral equipment for selling tickets and for validating winning tickets, visual display units, the central processing unit, the game result determination device, front-end devices and other equipment for communication within the system, and software insofar as it relates to the conduct and monitoring of club keno games;
"controlling body" means the body or authority controlling the conduct of an event;
"electronic game information" has the meaning given in regulation 25;
"electronic player information" has the meaning given in regulation 27;
"event" includes contingency;
"first prize", in respect of a raffle having more than one prize, means the most valuable prize offered in the raffle;
"gaming equipment software" means the software used in relation to gaming equipment and includes game software;
"general area" means an area in a gaming machine area of an approved venue or an area in a casino where players can walk or sit away from gaming machines;
"gross receipts", in respect of a bingo game, a session of bingo games or a rolling jackpot sequence, means the actual amount received from the sale of tickets in the game, session or sequence;
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"horizontal illuminance" means illuminance measured in a horizontal plane;
"illuminance" means the measure, expressed in units of lux, of the quantity of light incident on a point or a surface;
"jackpot information" has the meaning given in regulation 32;
"linked jackpot arrangement"—
(a) in relation to gaming machines in an approved venue, has the same meaning as in section 3.1.2 of the Act;
(b) in relation to gaming machines in a casino, has the same meaning as in the Casino Control Act 1991;
"list number" means the number given to a selection by the holder of the wagering licence or the wagering operator, if any, and includes bracket numbers;
"loyalty card session" means the period between the time a participant commences using his or her player loyalty card or account under the loyalty scheme on a gaming machine and the time when the loyalty scheme provider's system stops recording the participant's activity on the gaming machine;
"lucky envelope permit" means a minor gaming permit that authorises the holder to sell lucky envelopes as specified in the permit;
"match", in relation to a club keno game, means the numbers selected by the player which match any of 20 numbers drawn in the club keno game;
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Example
A "Match 5" is the matching of 5 selected numbers with 5 of the numbers drawn in a game of club keno.
"Minister's specifications" means the specifications for printed information for players of gaming machines as published by the Minister on the Commission's website from time to time;
"minor" means a person under the age of 18years;
"minor gaming permit" means a permit issued under Division 2 of Part 3 of Chapter 8 of the Act;
"new game" means—
(a) a game approved under section 3.5.4 of the Act; or
(b) a game approved on or after 1 January 2003 under section 69 of the Gaming Machine Control Act 1991 that is taken to be approved under section 3.5.4 of the Act by clause 3.10(2) of Schedule 7 to the Act; or
(c) a game to be played on a gaming machine that is approved on or after 1January 2003 under section 60 of the Casino Control Act 1991 as in force immediately before the commencement of section 12.1.2 of the Act;
"notional value", in respect of a series of lucky envelopes, means the lucky envelope price multiplied by the number of lucky envelopes in the series;
"punchboard" means a device which contains a series of lucky envelopes and is designed so that the lucky envelopes are dispensed by being punched out of the device;
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"raffle permit" means a minor gaming permit that authorises the holder to conduct a raffle as specified in the permit;
"responsible person" means the nominee within the meaning of section 8.1.2 of the Act;
"rolling jackpot sequence" means the sessions of bingo games in respect of which a rolling jackpot operates;
"rules of racing" means the rules for the time being in force of Racing Victoria within the meaning of the Racing Act 1958, Harness Racing Victoria or Greyhound Racing Victoria (as the case may be);
"scratch and win card" means a ticket in a trade promotion lottery in which the tickets which entitle the holders to claim a prize have been determined and announced before the commencement of the trade promotion lottery;
"selection" means a person, team, animal, object, event or contingency or a combination of 2or more of those things nominated by the holder of the wagering licence or the wagering operator, if any, on which the holder of the wagering licence or the operator is willing to accept a bet;
"series", in relation to lucky envelopes, means all the lucky envelopes in a particular lottery;
"session", in relation to the playing of a gaming machine, means the period between the time when a player instructs a gaming machine to start generating electronic player information and—