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Gaming Machines Regulation 2019
42Provision of player activity statements under player reward schemes
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#### 42 Provision of player activity statements under player reward schemes
42 Provision of player activity statements under player reward schemes
> > (1) Player activity statements are required to be provided by a hotelier or registered club under section 45(4) of the Act only if the player reward scheme being conducted by the hotelier or club is one in which a participant’s activity in relation to playing gaming machines is recorded by electronic means.
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> > Section 45(4) of the Act provides that it is an offence (with a maximum penalty of 100 penalty units) for hoteliers and clubs that conduct player reward schemes not to provide player activity statements in accordance with the regulations.
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> > (2) For the purposes of section 45(4) and (5) of the Act, player activity statements relating to the playing of approved gaming machines by the participants in a player reward scheme conducted by the hotelier or club must—
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> > > (a) be made available, on request by the participant to whom any such statement relates, on a monthly basis, and
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> > > (b) include, as a minimum, the information referred to in subclause (3).
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> > (3) The following information, provided in the form approved by the Authority, is the minimum information that must be included in a participant’s player activity statement—
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> > > (a) the total amount of turnover by the participant during the monthly period covered by the statement,
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> > > (b) the total wins recorded during the monthly period,
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> > > (c) the net expenditure (ie turnover less wins) during the monthly period,
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> > > (d) the total points earned and redeemed during the monthly period as the result of playing gaming machines under the scheme,
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> > > (e) the total length of time over each 24-hour period during the monthly period when the participant’s player card was inserted in gaming machines under the scheme (the daily record),
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> > > (f) the total length of time that the participant’s player card was inserted in gaming machines under the scheme during the monthly period.
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> > (4) The daily record is required to be included in the player activity statement only in respect of those days that the participant’s player card was used.
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> > (5) A player activity statement is to also include a note stating that the information detailed in the statement—
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> > > (a) only relates to the occasions on which the participant used his or her player card under the player reward scheme to play a gaming machine, and
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> > > (b) does not necessarily relate to all of the participant’s gaming machine activity during the monthly period, and
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> > > (c) may not include information about wins from playing gaming machines that are part of a linked gaming system within the meaning of Part 10 of the Act.
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> > (6) Information to the effect that player activity statements are available on request must be—
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> > > (a) given to each participant at the time the participant joins the player reward scheme conducted by the hotelier or registered club, and
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> > > (b) included in any promotional material relating to the player reward scheme.
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> > (7) A player activity statement must include a notice referred to in clause 22(1)(b).
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> > (8) Player activity statements must be provided free of charge by the hotelier or registered club.