75AGeneral requirement to award or pay prizes

#### 75A General requirement to award or pay prizes 75A General requirement to award or pay prizes > > (1) A hotelier or club must award or pay a prize that is won from the playing of an approved gaming machine kept in the hotel or on the premises of the club to a player who is entitled to the prize (the prizewinner) on request by the prizewinner and in accordance with subsections (2)–(7). > > > > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. > > > (2) A prize may be awarded in a non-monetary form or paid as money. > > > (3) If a prize is awarded in a non-monetary form, the hotelier or club must give the prizewinner the choice to be paid money instead. > > > (4) If a hotelier or club pays a monetary prize to a prizewinner, the hotelier or club must pay an amount equal to (but not exceeding) the value of the credits accumulated by the prizewinner from playing the relevant approved gaming machine. > > > (5) A non-monetary prize must not consist of or include— > > > > > (a) liquor in any form, or > > > > > (b) tobacco in any form, or > > > > > (c) knives or knife blades, or > > > > > (d) firearms or ammunition within the meaning of the [Firearms Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-046). > > > (6) The hotelier or club, or an employee of the hotelier or club, need not award or pay a prize immediately after a prizewinner requests it, but— > > > > > (a) in the case of a monetary prize—must pay the prize within 48 hours of the request (except where the prize is a jackpot prize under a linked gaming system operated under Part 10, in which case the prize is to be paid in accordance with the rules under the links licence concerned), and > > > > > (b) in the case of a non-monetary prize—must award the prize— > > > > > > > (i) within the time stated in the information required to be provided by the regulations with respect to award of such prizes, or > > > > > > > (ii) if no such time is stated—within 48 hours of the request. > > > (7) If a prize is not awarded or paid immediately after the prizewinner has requested it, the hotelier or club, or an employee of the hotelier or club, must give the prizewinner a written acknowledgment of the prizewinner’s entitlement to the prize. > > **s 75A:** Ins 2018 No 7, Sch 1.6 \[9\].