64Conduct of gaming

64 Conduct of gaming

(1) The casino operator is responsible for ensuring that the following provisions are complied with in the casino and is guilty of an offence if they are not complied with—

(a) gaming equipment must not be used for gaming in the casino unless—

S. 64(1)(a)(i) amended by No. 114/2003 s. 12.1.2 (Sch. 5 item 77(a)).

(i) the Commission has approved in writing of the use in the casino of that equipment or of the class or description of equipment concerned, whether or not subject to conditions; and

(ii) the equipment is used only in accordance with conditions to which the approval is subject;

S. 64(1)(b) amended by Nos 36/1994 s. 8, 114/2003 s. 12.1.2 (Sch. 5 item 77(a)).

(b) all playing cards dealt in the course of gaming in the casino must be dealt from a card shoe or, if the Commission has approved, by notice published in the Government Gazette, of the use of another procedure or device for dealing cards, by that procedure or from that device;

(c) chips for gaming in the casino must not be issued unless the chips are paid for in money to the value of the chips or by chip purchase voucher that, on payment of the amount shown on the voucher, was issued by or on behalf of the operator;

(d) gaming wagers must not be placed in the casino otherwise than by means of chips unless the rules of the game require or provide for the placing of wagers in money;

S. 64(1)(e) amended by No. 36/1994 s. 20(h)(i)(ii).

(e) all wagers won in the course of gaming or betting in the casino must be paid for in full without deduction of any commission or levy, other than a commission or levy provided for in the rules of the game or betting competition;

S. 64(1)(f) amended by No. 28/2022 s. 12(a).

(f) all wagers won in the course of gaming in the casino must be paid in chips, unless the rules of a game specifically permit payment by cash, cheque or electronic funds transfer;

(g) at the request of a patron of the casino, during the times the casino is open to the public for gaming—

(i) chip purchase vouchers issued by the casino operator must be exchanged for chips; and

(ii) chips must be exchanged for other chips; and

S. 64(1)(g)(iii) amended by Nos 11/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 10.2), 114/2003 s. 12.1.2 (Sch. 5 item 77(b)), 28/2022 s. 5, substituted by No. 28/2022 s. 12(b).

(iii) chips, or chip purchase vouchers issued by the casino operator, must be redeemed (for a value equivalent to their value) for money or, at the option of the operator—

(A) by electronic funds transfer; or

(B) for a cheque made payable to the patron and drawn on an ADI approved by the Commission;