18ATransitional regulation for gaming operator

18A Transitional regulation for gaming operator

[Regulation 18A Inserted by S.R. 2023, No. 20, Applied:01 Jul 2023]

(1)  In this regulation –

former electronic monitoring system means the electronic monitoring system that was operated by a gaming operator under the old legislative scheme;

gaming operator means a person who, immediately before the commencement of these regulations, held a gaming operator’s licence under the old legislative scheme;

jackpot increment amount means the amount by which a gaming machine’s progressive jackpot prize has been increased from its initial jackpot prize amount by the accumulation of contributions from credits played on the gaming machine;

old legislative scheme means the provisions of the Gaming Control Act 1993 as in force before 1 July 2023;

reporting period means the period commencing on 1 July 2016 and ending on 30 June 2023 (both days inclusive);

source data, for a gaming machine, includes the following data for that machine:

(a) data relating to credits played and credits won that is recorded in the electronic meter of that gaming machine;

(b) data relating to the jackpot increment amount for that machine that is recorded in the electronic meter of that machine or in a device to which that machine is linked.

(2)  A gaming operator must, before 1 August 2023, provide the Commission with a copy of –

(a) all data relating to the conduct of gaming stored in the former electronic monitoring system as at 12:00am on 1 July 2023; and

(b) a copy of records of gaming machine source data that were made by the gaming operator for the reporting period.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.