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GAMING AND WAGERING COMMISSION REGULATIONS 1988 - REG 18AA

18AA .         Video lottery terminals, possession etc. of

        (1)         In these regulations, video lottery terminal means a device which displays electronically on a video screen a depiction of a card displaying symbols, by reference to which prizes in the game played may be won.

        (2)         The possession or use of a video lottery terminal is unlawful unless the conditions in subregulations (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) are met.

        (3)         A video lottery terminal must not —

            (a)         provide a means of direct cash pay out; or

            (b)         allow more than 4 different kinds ( series ) of the same type of game to be played at any one time.

        (4)         A video lottery terminal shall not be constructed or adapted so as to be playable by means of the insertion of any cash, other than of the amount determined from time to time by the Commission.

        (5)         A video lottery terminal shall not dispense to the person playing the device any thing other than, where the card displayed electronically by the device constitutes a winning score, a prize docket evidencing the amount of the win.

        (6)         A prize docket evidencing a win on a video lottery terminal shall be exchangeable with a person authorised by the permit holder for cash equal to the amount displayed on that docket.

        (7)         A video lottery terminal shall be located in premises approved by the Commission and specified in a permit issued in respect of that device, and not elsewhere.

        (8)         The total value of the prize dockets a video lottery terminal is designed to distribute shall comprise 70% of the total cash received by the device.

        (9)         Of the total amount of cash received by a video lottery terminal 3.25% shall be paid to the Commission, to be distributed in the manner set out in section 104G(2) of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987  3 .

        [Regulation 18AA inserted in Gazette 15 Dec 1995 p. 6124‑5; amended in Gazette 28 Jun 1996 p. 3099; 23 Jun 2000 p. 3208.]



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