Victorian Consolidated Regulations

GAMBLING REGULATIONS 2015

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Objectives  
   2.      Authorising provision  
   3.      Commencement  
   4.      Revocations  
   5.      Definitions  

   PART 2--AUTHORISED GAMBLING

   6.      Standards and conditions—Games at amusement centres, fetes, carnivals etc.  

   PART 3--GAMING MACHINES

           Division 1--Preliminary

   7.      References to venue operator  

           Division 2--Lighting and external views

   8.      Lighting requirements  
   9.      Casino must designate non-gaming parts of casino  
   10.     Windows in approved venues and casinos  

           Division 3--Player information standards and printed information

   11.     Minister may make player information standards  
   12.     Posters  
   13.     Talkers  
   14.     Brochures  
   15.     Commission to provide player information to casino operator on request  
   16.     Commission to provide player information to venue operator on request  
   17.     Offence to alter information set out in player information standards  
   18.     Change in player information standards  

           Division 4--Display of information by gaming machines

   19.     Gaming machines to display time of day  
   20.     Gaming machine must generate and display electronic information  
   20A.    Gaming machines must not be playable by certain cards  

           Division 6--Prescribed connection and prescribed profit

   23.     Prescribed connection  
   24.     Direct interests  
   25.     Indirect interests  
   26.     Aggregate interests  
   27.     Prescribed profit  

           Division 7--Signage and advertising

   28.     Excluded signs—in gaming machine areas  
   29.     Excluded signs—on approved venues  
   30.     Excluded signs—directional signs  
   31.     Excluded signs—signs for clubs not on freeways or arterial roads  
   32.     Excluded signs—convention signs  
   33.     Excluded signs—corporate logo  
   34.     Excluded signs—problem gambling  
   35.     Responsible gambling sign  
   36.     Exceptions to gaming machine advertising prohibitions—casino operators  

           Division 8--Restricted gaming components and monitoring gaming components

   37.     Restricted gaming components  
   38.     Restricted monitoring component  

           Division 9--Publication of notice

   39.     Application for venue operator's licence—publication of notice  
   40.     Application for listing on the Roll—publication of notice  

           Division 10--Determination of net cash balance and revenue

   41.     Determining the sum of amounts for net cash balance and revenue  
   42.     Notification of determination  

           Division 11--Cashless gaming

   42A.    Maximum value of non-cash gaming tokens  
   42B.    Maximum value that can be registered from a non‑cash gaming token to the credit meter of a gaming machine  
   42C.    Player must nominate value of credits transferred from a player card  
   42D.    Cashless gaming terminals—distance from gaming machines  
   42E.    Cashless gaming terminals—maximum value  

   PART 4--WAGERING AND BETTING

           Division 1--Conduct of wagering and betting

   43.     Definition  
   44.     Display of betting rules  
   45.      Management and control of betting offices  
   46.     Numbering and bracketing of selections  
   47.     Information regarding selections, dividends and prizes  
   48.     Display of results and determination of dividends or prizes  
   49.     Protests  
   50.     Financial statements  
   51.     Payments into pools  
   52.     Particulars on ticket  
   53.     Significant events  
   54.     Termination of acceptance of bets  

           Division 2--Race fields

   55.     Time in which wagering service provider may apply for publication and use approval  
   56.     Form of application  
   57.     Time in which appropriate controlling body must determine application  
   58.     Time in which appropriate controlling body must notify applicant of decision  

   PART 5--TRADE PROMOTION LOTTERIES

   59.     Conditions of a trade promotion lottery  
   60.     Prescribed condition—use of information  
   61.     Prescribed condition—presence of entrants  
   62.     Substituted winners  
   63.     Prescribed condition—scratch and win cards  
   64.     Lottery must not be conducted in offensive manner or contrary to public interest  
   65.     Prizes  

   PART 6--COMMUNITY AND CHARITABLE GAMING

           Division 1--Sporting or recreational clubs or associations

   66.     Sporting or recreational club or association  

           Division 2--Conduct of bingo

   67.     Period of ceasing to conduct sessions of bingo for which the Commission must be notified  
   68.     Amount of large bingo prize for which the Commission must be notified  
   69.     Return in respect of bingo  
   70.     Duties of responsible person  
   71.     Banking  
   72.     Unsold tickets  
   73.     Prizes  

           Division 3--Bingo centres and employees

   74.     Information to be published in application for bingo centre operator's licence  
   75.     Conditions of bingo centre operator's licence  

           Division 4--Miscellaneous

   76.     Contract with bingo centre operator  
   77.     Expenses payable by a community or charitable organisation  
   78.     Information in records  
   79.     Running sheets  

           Division 5--Lucky envelopes

   80.     Conditions of lucky envelope permit  
   81.     Standards for lucky envelopes  
   82.     Records—lucky envelope permits  

           Division 6--Raffles

   83.     Prescribed conditions of raffle permits  
   84.     Conditions for raffles where raffle permit not required—prize value of $5000 or less  
   85.     Disclosure if raffle proceeds to be paid to or for a political party  
   86.     Records—raffle permits  
   87.     Disposal of unclaimed prizes in a raffle  

           Division 7--Commercial raffle organisers

   88.     Application for commercial raffle organiser's licence—publication of notice  
   89.     Conditions of commercial raffle organiser's licence  
   90.     Maximum fee  
   91.     Auditing of accounts and financial statements  

   PART 7--DUTIES OF GAMING INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES

   92.     Duties of a gaming industry employee  
   93.     Functions of a gaming industry employee in a bingo centre  
   94.     Other duties of a gaming industry employee  

   PART 8--FEES

           Division 1--Gaming machines

   95.     Application for approval of premises  
   96.     Modification of gaming machine areas  
   97.     Application for venue operator's licence  
   98.     Nominee of licensee  
   99.     Renewal of venue operator's licence  
   100.    Proposal of amendment by venue operator  
   101.    Application to be listed on Roll  
   102.    Approval of gaming machine types and games  
   103.    Variation of gaming machine types and games  

           Division 2--Gaming machine entitlements

   104.    Request for amendment of geographic area condition or venue condition  
   105.    Fee payable for gaming machine entitlement transfers  
   106.    Costs of sale of forfeited gaming machine entitlements that are allocated again  

           Division 3--Community and charitable gaming

   107.    Application for minor gaming permit  
   108.    Amendment of conditions of minor gaming permit  
   109.    Application for bingo centre operator's licence  
   110.    Renewal of bingo centre operator's licence  
   111.    Application for commercial raffle organiser's licence  
   112.    Renewal of commercial raffle organiser's licence  

           Division 4--Sports betting fees

   113.    Application for approval as sports controlling body  

           Division 5--Calcutta Sweepstakes

   114.    Calcutta Sweepstakes  

           Division 6--Gaming industry employees

   115.    Application for gaming industry employee's licence  
   116.    Application for replacement identification  
   117.    Application for renewal of gaming industry employee's licence  
   118.    Application for a gaming industry employee's licence by casino employees  

           Division 7--Commission approval

   119.    Application for approval of associates  

   PART 9--INFRINGEMENT OFFENCES

   120.    Infringement offences  

   PART 10--TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

   123.    Training requirements for person commencing employment after 1 January 2017  
   123A.   Training requirements for person who has completed the first and second training modules  
   124.    Minister may specify content of training requirements  
   125.    Minister may specify entities to provide second training module and fourth training module  
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