Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Casino Control Act 1991 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions



(1) In this Act-

approved betting competition means a betting competition of a kind or class
approved by the Minister under Part 5A;



authorised deposit-taking institution has the same meaning as in the
Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth;

authorised person has the same meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;





Authority means the Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority established under
the Gaming and Betting Act 1994;

betting rules means rules made by the casino operator in accordance with this
Act for approved betting competitions;

bingo centre operator has the same meaning as in the
Gambling Regulation Act 2003;



cash facility means-

   (a)  an automatic teller machine; or

   (b)  an EFTPOS facility; or

   (c)  any other prescribed facility that enables a person to gain access to
        his or her funds or to credit;

casino means premises, or part of premises, defined as a casino for the time
being under section 17; casino complex means that part of the land shown in
the colour grey on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office of the
Department of Sustainability and Environment and numbered LEGL./05-141 that is
open to the public but excluding that part of the land shown coloured grey and
hatched on Crown Allotment 58E that is a road running under the building on
that land;

casino employee means an employee having functions in or in relation to a
casino;

casino licence means a licence granted under Part 2;

casino operator means a person who is the holder of a licence;

chips means any tokens used instead of money for the purpose of gaming;
Commission means Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation established by
the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;

commissioner has the same meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;



decision has the same meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;



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electronic monitoring system means any electronic or computer or
communications system or device that is so designed that it may be used, or
adapted, to send or receive data from gaming equipment in relation to the
security, accounting or operation of gaming equipment;

employ includes engage under a contract for services;

exclusion order means a written or oral order under section 72 or a written
order under section 74 prohibiting a person from entering, or remaining in, a
casino or the casino complex;

Executive Commissioner has the same meaning as in the
Gambling Regulation Act 2003;





game means a game of chance or a game that is partly a game of chance and
partly a game requiring skill;

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gaming equipment means any device or thing (including chips) used, or capable
of being used, for or in connection with gaming and includes-

   (a)  a gaming machine; and

   (b)  linked jackpot equipment; and

   (c)  an electronic monitoring system; and

   (d)  a part of, or replacement part for, any such machine, equipment or
        system- but does not include interactive gaming equipment within the
        meaning of the Interactive Gaming (Player Protection) Act 1999 that is
        used or intended to be used for the purposes of interactive games
        within the meaning of that Act and not for gaming of any other kind;
        gaming machine has the same meaning as in the
        Gambling Regulation Act 2003;







gaming operator has the same meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;





inspector has the same meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;





interstate Chief Commissioner means the chief officer (however designated) of
the police force of another State or a Territory;

interstate exclusion order means an order made by an interstate Chief
Commissioner of a similar nature to an exclusion order made under section 74;

jackpot means the combination of letters, numbers, symbols or representations
required to be displayed on the reels or video screen of a gaming machine so
that the winnings in accordance with the prize payout scale displayed on the
machine are payable from money which accumulates as contributions are made to
a special prize pool;

junket means an arrangement whereby a person or a group of people is
introduced to a casino operator by a junket organiser or promoter who receives
a commission based on the turnover of play in the casino attributable to the
persons introduced by the organiser or promoter or otherwise calculated by
reference to such play;

licence, except in Part 4, means a licence granted under Part 2;

linked jackpot arrangement means an arrangement whereby 2 or more gaming
machines are linked to a device that-

   (a)  records, from time to time, an amount which, in the event of a jackpot
        or other result being obtained on one of those machines, may be
        payable, or part of which may be payable, as winnings; and

   (b)  for the purpose of recording the amount referred to in paragraph (a),
        receives data from each gaming machine to which the device is linked;
        and

   (c)  is not capable of affecting the outcome of a game on a gaming machine
        to which the device is linked;

linked jackpot equipment means any jackpot meter, payout display, linking
equipment, computer equipment, programming or other device (other than a
gaming machine) forming, or capable of forming, part of a linked jackpot
arrangement;

operations, in relation to a casino, means-

   (a)  the conduct of gaming and approved betting competitions in the casino;

   (b)  the management and supervision of the conduct of gaming and approved
        betting competitions in the casino;

   (c)  money counting in, and in relation to, the casino;

   (d)  accounting procedures in, and in relation to, the casino;

   (e)  the use of storage areas in the casino;

   (f)  other matters affecting or arising out of, activities in the casino;

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premium player arrangement means an arrangement whereby a casino operator
agrees to pay a patron of the casino a commission based on the patron's
turnover of play in the casino or otherwise calculated by reference to such
play;

public interest or interest of the public means public interest or interest of
the public (except in section 74) having regard to the creation and
maintenance of public confidence and trust in the credibility, integrity and
stability of casino operations;

record includes any book, account, document, paper or other source of
information compiled, recorded or stored in written form, or on microfilm, or
by electronic process, or in any other matter or by any other means;

refund means the amount of an investment made in a totalisator under this Act
which is repayable to an investor (whether wholly or partly) in accordance
with the betting rules; Responsible Gambling Code of Conduct has the same
meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;

spin has the same meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;





spin rate has the same meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;





this Act includes the regulations;

ticket in relation to a totalisator, includes card, token or thing entitling
or purporting to entitle any person to any interest in any dividend, division
or distribution of any money by means of, or in connection with, or as the
result of, the operation of a totalisator; totalisator has the same meaning as
in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003;





venue operator has the same meaning as in the Gambling Regulation Act 2003.





(2) In this Act-

   (a)  a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority
        or duty; and

   (b)  a reference to the exercise of a function includes, in relation to a
        duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

(3) The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Authority, may, by
Order published in the Government Gazette, declare a machine, or type of
machine, to be a gaming machine.