Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Persons under 18 years shall not be, and shall not be permitted to be, in a casino during the hours of operation of the casino on any day.
(2) A person under 18 years who is found in a casino during the hours of operation of the casino on any day is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
(2A) To remove any doubt, it is declared that if a minor gambles in a casino and—
(a) wins—no amount is payable to the minor or anyone else on the minor's behalf; and
(b) loses—the wagers remain the property of the casino operator and are not recoverable by the minor or anyone else on the minor's behalf.
(2B) If a minor has gambled on a gaming machine and wins a jackpot, the casino operator must promptly notify an inspector about the gaming and, with the inspector's approval, return the amount of the jackpot to the jackpot pool for the machine as soon as is practicable.
(3) A casino operator or employee or agent of a casino operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino—
(a) must not allow or suffer any person under 18 years to enter or remain in the casino at any time during the hours of operation of the casino on any day; and
(b) must remove or cause to be removed from the casino any person under 18 years who is found in the casino during the hours of operation of the casino on any day.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for a casino operator—100 penalty units; or
(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator—40 penalty units.
(3A) An adult must not aid or enable a person under 18 years to enter or remain in a casino during the hours of operation of the casino.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3B) A casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino must not allow a person under 18 years to gamble or attempt to gamble in the casino.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for a casino operator—200 penalty units; or
(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator—40 penalty units.
(3C) A casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino who finds a person under 18 years gambling or attempting to gamble in the casino must immediately prevent the person from gambling or attempting to gamble.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for a casino operator—200 penalty units; or
(b) for an employee or agent of a casino operator—40 penalty units.
(3D) Subsection (3E) applies for the purpose of prosecuting a casino operator or an employee or agent of a casino operator for—
(a) allowing a person under 18 years to attempt to gamble in a casino; or
(b) if the operator, employee or agent finds a person under 18 years attempting to gamble in a casino—not immediately preventing the person from attempting to gamble.
(3E) For deciding whether a person under 18 years attempted to gamble in a casino, the Criminal Code, section 4, applies as if gambling by a person under 18 years in a casino were an offence committed by the person against this Act.
(4) If a casino operator or employee or agent of a casino operator employed in or acting in connection with the casino suspects that any person attempting to enter or who is in the casino may be under 18 years, the operator, employee or agent may request that person to furnish the operator, employee or agent with a certificate in the approved form signed by that person, specifying the true age of that person.
(4A) A person is guilty of an offence if the person, on being asked to give acceptable evidence of age—
(a) does not give acceptable evidence and further attempts to enter the casino; or
(b) does not give acceptable evidence and does not immediately leave the casino voluntarily; or
(c) gives acceptable evidence of age that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(5) It is a defence in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (3), (3A), (3B) or (3C) to establish—
(a) that the defendant believed, on reasonable grounds, that the person in question was 18 years or more; or
(b) that at the time of the offence, the defendant had obtained from the person in question a certificate mentioned in subsection (4), or acceptable evidence of age, indicating that the person was 18 years or more.
(6) In this section—
acceptable evidence of age means a document that is acceptable evidence of age under the Liquor Act 1992.