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Casino Control Act 1982
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### sec.100F Restrictions on direct marketing
A casino operator must not send promotional or advertising material directly by email or SMS message or in another direct way to a person in Queensland unless—
the person has given express and informed consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator directly in that way; and
the person has not withdrawn the consent and communicated the withdrawal to the casino operator.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
If a person consents to receiving promotional or advertising material from a casino operator, the casino operator must provide the person with a means of easily withdrawing the consent at any time.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
A casino operator must not offer to a person any credit, voucher, reward or other benefit as an incentive for the person to give, or not to withdraw, consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
If a casino operator sends promotional or advertising material to a person in Queensland electronically, the material must include a link or other mechanism that the person may easily use to withdraw the person’s consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
A casino operator must not require a person to give consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator as a condition of registering the person for, or issuing the person with, a player card.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
For this section, if a person withdraws consent to receiving promotional or advertising material, the withdrawal takes effect 5 business days, or a shorter period prescribed by regulation, after the day the person communicates the withdrawal to the casino operator.
s 100F ins 2024 No. 10 s 75
(sec.100F-ssec.1) A casino operator must not send promotional or advertising material directly by email or SMS message or in another direct way to a person in Queensland unless— the person has given express and informed consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator directly in that way; and the person has not withdrawn the consent and communicated the withdrawal to the casino operator. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.100F-ssec.2) If a person consents to receiving promotional or advertising material from a casino operator, the casino operator must provide the person with a means of easily withdrawing the consent at any time. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.100F-ssec.3) A casino operator must not offer to a person any credit, voucher, reward or other benefit as an incentive for the person to give, or not to withdraw, consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.100F-ssec.4) If a casino operator sends promotional or advertising material to a person in Queensland electronically, the material must include a link or other mechanism that the person may easily use to withdraw the person’s consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.100F-ssec.5) A casino operator must not require a person to give consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator as a condition of registering the person for, or issuing the person with, a player card. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.100F-ssec.6) For this section, if a person withdraws consent to receiving promotional or advertising material, the withdrawal takes effect 5 business days, or a shorter period prescribed by regulation, after the day the person communicates the withdrawal to the casino operator.
- (a) the person has given express and informed consent to receiving promotional or advertising material from the casino operator directly in that way; and
- (b) the person has not withdrawn the consent and communicated the withdrawal to the casino operator.