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Gaming Control Act 1993
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27 Playing of approved games
(1) Notwithstanding any other law of the Territory, it is lawful in a
casino for:
(a) the Licensee, a licensed employee or an approved agent of
the Licensee to organise or play an approved game; and
(b) a person, except a person in respect of whom a direction
under section 33 is in force or who has not attained the age of
18 years, to play an approved game.
(2) A casino shall be deemed not to be a nuisance, either public or
private, by reason only that it is used as a gaming house.
(3) The Police Administration Act 1978 does not apply to or in relation
to:
(a) approved implements or approved articles used or intended to
be used in the playing of an approved game in a casino; or
(b) implements or articles used or intended to be used in the
playing of an approved game in a casino in the possession of
the Director or a gaming inspector in the course of the
Director's or the inspector's duties under this Act.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a person shall not, except against a
Licensee, bring legal proceedings to recover:
(a) money won at gaming in a casino;
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(b) money on a cheque or other instrument given in payment of
money so won; or
(c) a loan of money with which to play a game in a casino,
that could not be brought if this Act had not been enacted.
(5) A person is not permitted to bring legal proceedings against a
Licensee under subsection (4) to recover money won at gaming in
a casino during a period when a direction under section 33 is in
force in respect of the person, or if the person had not attained the
age of 18 years when the money was won.
(6) A person shall not organise or play a game in a casino the
organising or playing of which is unlawful unless the game is an
approved game.