New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

GAMING MACHINES REGULATION 2002 - REG 21

21 Display of information concerning chances of winning prizes on gaming machines

(1) A hotelier or registered club must display, in accordance with this clause, notices providing information about the chances of winning a major prize from the operation of any approved gaming machine in the hotel or on the premises of the club.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) The notices must contain the following:

(a) in respect of a notice displayed in accordance with subclause (3) (a):

Think! What are the odds of hitting the jackpot? Your chance of hitting the jackpot on a gaming machine is no better than a million to one.

(b) in respect of a notice displayed in accordance with subclause (3) (b):

What are the odds of hitting the jackpot? No better than a million to one.

(3) The notices must be:

(a) displayed in each part of the hotel, or each part of the premises of the registered club, where approved gaming machines are located in such manner and in such a place that it would be reasonable to expect that a person entering the part of the hotel, or part of the premises of the club, in which the notices are displayed would be alerted to their contents, and

(b) displayed on each approved gaming machine kept in the hotel or on the premises of the club.

(3A) Any such notice that is required to be displayed on an approved gaming machine must be positioned so as to enable a person to clearly see the notice while playing the gaming machine.

(4) The notices must be in a form approved by the Authority and be obtained from the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing.

(5) Despite subclause (1), a notice that complied with this clause, as in force immediately before 1 June 2009, may continue to be used until the end of the period of 12 months from that date or until the date the notice is replaced, whichever happens first.